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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?”
24,094 sermon illustrations through the Black Church Tradition lens
1/1 (1901): The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
1/15 (1973): Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
7/20 (1938): The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
1/1 (1781): American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
7/4 (1998): Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
9/11 (1275): An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.
It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.
2/12 (1990): Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.
12/25 (1968): Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
11/11 (1918): World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.