Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Race and ethnicity

Feb. 6 issue

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  Vincent Harding considers what we need to do now to prepare for a multiracial democracy

  ELKHART, Ind. — Vincent Harding suggested we are still on the march to a multiracial society at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Jan. 16-17.

  Harding, a close associate of King, reflected on the question of where King was heading in his ministry. At the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery walk for voting rights in 1965, Harding noted King did not say, “We have finally gotten to victory, so let’s sit down.”

Jan. 24, 2011 issue

• Leaders of color share struggles and hopes

  TAMPA, Fla. — In the first meeting of its kind since 1974, leaders of color from across Mennonite Church USA gathered to worship, fellowship and converse about the denomination’s direction and people of color’s participation in it.

• ‘Let suffering speak truth’ at Bethel

  NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Pondering the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at Bethel College’s annual celebration of the King holiday, Mark McCormick recalled another man who fought racism with unconventional weapons.

• Leaders commit to end racism in all forms

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Church leaders from across the country, including three Mennonite Church USA staff, issued what they say is the first response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

July 5, 2010 issue

• Women share stories in Goshen play

  GOSHEN, Ind. — The stories come from across the church: from Alabama to Montana, from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.

June 7, 2010 issue

• Women’s retreat addresses diversity

  MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — When people of different cultures come together, it is like a bouquet of flowers.

March 29, 2010 issue

• Invite others

  Hugo Saucedo’s excellent article asks, “Why don’t we invite others?” The most segregated hour of the week is Sunday morning. Jesus taught us to pray, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” John describes worship in heaven as a multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language (Rev. 7:9-10).

Feb. 1, 2010 issue

• Coach’s legacy

  HOLMES COUNTY, Ohio — Marvin Blanks, an orator from Detroit, presented Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech to an Amish and Mennonite community.

• Democracy needs ‘loving community’

  NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Although Vincent Harding had been invited to Bethel College to give the keynote address at a program honoring Martin Luther King Jr., his main purpose for being on campus Jan. 16-18, he said, was not to speak but to listen.

Jan. 11, 2010 issue

• Remembering the other King

  On March 9, 1968, a month before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. prophesied damnation upon the United States.

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