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Liberation, exodus, and prophetic justice rooted in the African American church tradition.
Key question: “How does this text speak to the experiences of suffering, hope, and liberation within the Black community?”
25,923 sermon illustrations through the Black Church Tradition lens
7/14 (1957): Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
11/11 (1961): Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
4/22 (1969): British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
2/12 (2016): Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
7/14 (1943): In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
4/9 (1939): African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
1/20 (1921): The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
5/1 (1840): The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
3/15 (1672): King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.