Archive for October 2007
October 2007 Subscriber Letter
Dear Reconciler Family, Dr. Michael Cassidy wrote, “It has been said that God moves the mountains, but prayer moves God. The awesome responsibility of reconciliation is so great a task that no one dare try it without the covering of prayer.” Thank you for continuing to cover us in prayer as we seek to advance…
Read MoreMeeting a Living Legend
It isn’t often that a man gets to meet one of his boyhood heroes. I grew up in the racially segregated South of the mid 20th century. For me, an African American, segregation was a fact of life. We went to different schools from whites, drank from different water fountains and sat in the back…
Read MoreBiography of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth was born in Alabama on 18th March, 1922. After graduating from Selma University (1951) and Alabama State College (1952), Shuttlesworth became pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church in 1953. In May 1956 Shuttlesworth established the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR). In December, 1956, the Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation in…
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