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Meeting 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…
Read MoreTrip to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,
September 2007 Dear Reconciler Family, I just returned from a thrilling trip to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, representing the African Enterprise Board of Directors USA at an International Partnership Board meeting and conference. Pietermaritzburg has a rich history. It’s the place where Ghandi was thrown off the train and Mandela was captured. I visited those places.…
Read MoreFrom Pastor George Hart:
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth visited Christ Community Church on Sunday and then we had him over to our home afterwards for a reception. Really a wonderful and inspiring occasion as he recounted a number of stories (testimonies) of how God spared him through bombings, beatings, jailings (38 times), etc. I think I was most impressed with…
Read MoreReconciliation Service: “Let the Walls Fall Down”
Focusing on the theme “Let the Walls Fall Down,” two very different churches met in a blocked off street in Tipp City, Ohio, on Sunday, June 10, 2007, for a special Reconciliation Service. The two churches, CrossRoads Christian Fellowship, a predominately white congregation, and the Temple of Praise, a predominately black congregation, met together and…
Read MoreInterview with Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
My trip to Cincinnati on Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27) for an interview with Civil Rights Icon Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was a great experience. When he was in his 30’s and I was a teen in high school, he sought school integration for his children. He was one of my heros. So it was a…
Read MoreWhite House Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
On Tuesday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 16, Curtis May will attend a conference in Phoenix hosted by the White House and the Departments of Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, Education, and Homeland Security, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration to help…
Read MoreChief’s Special Award
7th Annual Ethnic America Conference
Curtis May attended the 7th Annual Ethnic America Conference in Seattle. Here are excerpts from his report: A lineup of outstanding speakers gave broadening messages on why the church must live out the love of Jesus and share it with the lost. It was strongly emphasized that reconciliation “goes with the territory” if we’re Christians.…
Read MoreThe Harry Sheldon Organization Award for 2006
The Harry Sheldon Organization Award for 2006 was given to the Office of Reconciliation Ministries. Curtis May received the award from Nat Nehdar of the Human Relations Commission of Pasadena, California.
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