Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A: Based on His Experiences Beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A: Based on His Experiences Beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A: Based on His Experiences Beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Ebook316 pages4 hours

    White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A: Based on His Experiences Beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott

    By Robert S. Graetz Jr. and John Lewis

    5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    In 1955, when the Montgomery Bus Boycott began, author Bob Graetz was the young white pastor of a black Lutheran Church in Montgomery. His church and his home were in the black community and he and his wife among the few whites who supported the boycott. Their church and home were both bombed; their lives were threatened often. But Graetz never wavered, and his Montgomery experiences, recounted in rich detail here, shaped a long ministerial career that always emphasized equality and justice issues no matter where his call took him. In addition to Graetz’s boycott memoirs, this book includes provocative chapters on white privilege, black forgiveness, and the present-day challenges for human and civil rights.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewSouth Books
    Release dateJul 1, 2006
    ISBN9781603060691
    White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A: Based on His Experiences Beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Author

    Robert S. Graetz Jr.

    ROBERT S. GRAETZ, JR. served Lutheran churches in four states, always with a ministry dedicated to what his friend Martin Luther King, Jr., termed the “beloved community.” Now retired, he remains active with numerous progressive organizations and in civil rights causes. With his wife, Jeannie Ellis Graetz, he leads study tours of Deep South civil rights sites for U.S. and international students and visitors. The Graetzes live permanently near McArthur, Ohio, but, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, they accepted a 2005-07 appointment as ambassadors-in-residence for the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture at Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama.

    Related to White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A

    Related ebooks

    Personal Memoirs For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      A Daughter’s Story: White Supremacy and the Poor People’s Campaign

      May 18, 2022

      UCS is honored to be a mobilizing partner for the Poor People’s Campaign, a nonviolent call to moral revival. If you can join us in Washington, DC on June 18th in solidarity with their march and assembly, I hope you will. I’ve been fortunate to visit

      4 min read

    • Article

      Clarence Page: MLK’s Dream In The Era Of MAGA And CRT? Still A Dream

      Jan 14, 2022

      Pardon me if you’ve heard this story (I tell it a lot), but Martin Luther King Jr. Day always reminds me of how I learned the word “segregation.” I was a kid, visiting relatives in Alabama, which my parents called “down home,” when I decided I needed

      3 min read

    • Article

      First The RUSH Then The BREAKDOWN

      Jan 7, 2020

      First The RUSH Then The BREAKDOWN
      11 min read

    • Article

      Gay Back In The Day

      Jan 27, 2023

      Gay Back In The Day
      5 min read

    • Article

      What Stonewall Sparked

      Jul 1, 2019

      What Stonewall Sparked
      4 min read

    • Article

      Great Civil Rights Heroes

      Feb 28, 2020

      Great Civil Rights Heroes
      12 min read

    • Article

      The First Time I Made ‘Good Trouble.’

      Aug 2, 2021

      I was a college student in Wisconsin in 1965 when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged us – all of us – to come to Selma. We went.

      3 min read

    • Article

      How To Talk About Racism

      Jan 21, 2022

      How To Talk About Racism
      12 min read

    • Article

      The Culture Wars Live On Between The LGBTQ Movement And The Religious Right

      Jun 20, 2019

      An uprising around a New York bar, Stonewall Inn, 50 years ago sparked a movement pushing for LGBTQ civil rights. The success of that movement saw a powerful backlash from the modern religious right.

      3 min read

    • Article

      What Martin Luther King’s Message And Methods Can Teach Us Today

      Mar 21, 2022

      Despite living on this Earth less than 40 years, Martin Luther King Jr. became a man for all times. He did this through constant evolution and improvisation.  Over the years, King expanded his focus from issues primarily affecting Black people to the

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Forgotten King: Commentary On Protest, Race, And MLK

      Jun 5, 2020

      As U.S. cities writhe in protest, columnist Ken Makin urges Americans to consider the roots of rage feeding the unrest.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Enduring Message Of Nonviolence Reaches New Audiences

      Feb 29, 2024

      Clarence B. Jones is preaching nonviolence.  At 93, this civil rights pioneer, who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. write his “I Have a Dream” speech, is still combating hate. But these days, instead of leading protest meetings, Mr. Jones is re

      3 min read

    • Article

      Year in Reading: Michael Bourne

      Dec 19, 2020

      They should hand out a copy of The Half Has Never Been Told to every American kid finishing college and every newly elected member of Congress. The post Year in Reading: Michael Bourne appeared first on The Millions.

      3 min read

    • Article

      John Lewis remembered by Bryan Stevenson

      Dec 17, 2020

      How did you first meet?I first met John Lewis about 30 years ago at the airport in Atlanta. He came over and said: “You’re the young man representing people on death row.” And I said: “Yes, I am, and it’s such a thrill to meet you.” And he said: “I j

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A

    5/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation, A - Robert S. Graetz Jr.

      Fbbook_preview_excerpt.html\ے6eÎnw#84ђe=4VD&2AvyOO9 Uݒ7b.*$rd_ǝ~׻Wۺ}]Y;/|n\ W+_lƍ >?qW|&xM77c]/^~܆Ʉ'¡ 0 )7c3/C֏7;hmb 2b ~>'_ʯa0T~į-di< ]׌Xl`(_WӺi/pUyӇ}mgs^raoCqǯG'~[>6>ԡ>*ư4ųW7OW33_ac]{e˰աx3 =Ao_(ןx94ah- w#'G?4߄p$ovVgaiSьT]o0Shl[RY<4h//xF@=si2M~s[*:sW`pQ?K|@@]`̇%x7'xJdGo`En}sTȎh [+&:낞,R5`ůtdȓ0)F[;mEG=Px:b7xFKWž=J ߹d9m QU/di6PJ!6ፘVŞӎo#{kt зEnVr\0AGh}w^vo9+{: ^y#\ds [tH@zv+{`K1ں=a05/)G@FXQޛ]8WXmy;楬F'Qƿ#ADV|HVT^5;:n7-^JiuS_2b d[I6E͆nKW!҉7*o,5=mih*M/4|9+8@o|qWxro $Zj).i`l<24Q%nD W]3G ud(4& ̚% ju Q65u\L*Յ-MRIΏ. ;`TlUI2'Ç24j62O7t>=Kiݮ#3Sp\2PZ:F-DW R0ݙR <"|00xw|lX9uV%uS{Z>IXvU⌺Vb-" ֶJ{~bikCeB1I^I/i)]53TC~mGL<0 ߈2J s;e* (QF:("AN dko?:XSZ& md,kqcU5ޜF؈PTeopQNZ]';P6p݂%!zˌJbUƈ 5EsI{!S`Y5[{wC'G|QYҩ]e 6x4 /;nN~oD)U bi/GFu.;ڪVw~JQ4J,@$͔/,@jB =;N#b 4Av71TT!R,ᖳ1m11D[bP^ {<4׽l? l0,6Ǻsy?K7ֱ6|mQ8*K?9"6L`JIV#csr(vpݓh2GEU# Jw!d*"An#bnh:]u%z;1rUhaE`4 b^/{̛~NaVмn04"dd"qF*1d|&Y}ZP4j9EuN^f@tolz}If{g7Ż+TXgc, mPI;2Z S7-Z3& foYV7\hĊ3(X@)"/M$LJ2Wt=#l$Vg. B3TV1xX&pw)U -D@}Z s f;X):oݒ!'g1KRucnZ>UA $hHwb 1Q 8!ƚimFmQۗIF'<̏ k7tȈӒ07q,L 8gJmSĩ9F" R4ɯdlXWLNc6-]]|Ք>&LGí]30^/Cc\6z,~H"vM=Đ{0 x/}BuE5~ h~_rhvP?{;!ٸ&SNDh@rECj DF)B(NDFP,p ۞Tgך'q alUwzGaˑs+JGsSIZ~mCz\z**pmZ2n<|%-z`7Gjx],\.W3=msr> {)vqSmxPT";`4CI57cL>Ky6} %[9 ?x'p%Č|xK@72>24"n8*J!!ҽiZ!Z?w:N=AZ=vH$Ž\cuk+,ܥW_^:] գj">ʛ낚vhK5 3Ua%p)&䡊L)9GЎ 0Zsf5x`fbT +|.2PB"yz 55X*I31ҷX[;Ff.#p\za+1Gy`O>@:_JSS'=-KF!<(UqNXhP\!Qb)SVl>liV?SO|tR24o ڙh7n׬S08 Z}$O(eAo_?O ig7X p) >2㕚"P#zjIr] >Q~D&f]Uݧ%!*j|EvfN[)7c{q,H|T`k" 9)wN4K׀HDa|j&[ .,Hm<~L9~dV] fBMԡaOFm/| jxD%"ϒ,L8u{nh'Mԣ}hn|N1qٞ/'T 9HCB>F7|q\f@ ȦH>)+dP'FC)ƒ\A` R: OP2]_tTU{)QgR j+П]Y wmԀ%SeLR^vdJ0B61P+0i|/= qUqU6@dv J'1}} {ehjL-{1m"`4׭5?SU! s QD7i-2B,{[I[?nx q=F }ǥQFuTT⇪fi4ݔH%qY S7 ^fj95|.6Z|\a'` "dh4:> GJ)}94OshA1/*HXG2ߛ  #eDSN{[[Vclh +`PܠSm riqN/-*=;oT f3Th&J0و ?6= xęiA@>R%ݼy͊r 6ASZSeo]jqc^ӮaA M틶@Θ#>2Ec5La)?Gg"z!ų[vU'>-Y7*ąjn(ZR!KԦ&IWc\?MTWM($$QV9Q؆kE=,EFgBh䏶\0V&bB}A*fX7;SKp^$ nB0Ȧ]jPE/ 9Vct"O@l-ga,#FA**h/(zU$gyIHyQ}EP9(49.IV>$%' CS5r'=RkԺ0Lĺ?c'){DAeBxGY2@+XRb>Aq[I̜qbqz&ܺƏ1u;Gyd1RAdf,!N: (bvb+?wz8[G4dVCL\kOsOm/5H;J5ImCl-Zvc{&'W@@8+&"U#zi3iP'4c8 Ļ/#n'1UT31U/5Q㖀gpQ^ #^8-9uSh#TOQFwH\eL$.dzM$:Bh&<5$)p#8KGE-W#=sPN֝]eLKdTb8?mkWѪЛVh5Il}8&ת#l_T#Ȳq(13F&N9ɳJ*$H忴 | ŀ:ucØ \znGLXyzQ/7!۱Zk#YآϘvIsJ"55¯jBj'=MUU T3iI^B^,lEoV´Xԇ y[wW=4BF*@kG諤RMM!';V z4[(ܱR' 1̣$ D P! @Dt`A$D.6J=evZu݄vu('vm,d,,vlANzZͽڷ,B ="ċ'fӒ @Y&14]YB֒UrZAqU*+0@TV ߖvs@M^4UqXp&31v8.蠽Lӳ%jʑ !Bcq*wyƲ3/avH- 2ugQz&Vi>ܘ2CO,9 dolTA&W';!6ŋͤms?;§~LCz3#qhӭR.!!֏ kNV6@0s72 򥺫!t<3p^k_VN`J,[s: GR\idX̲,}Ni*㦭$X~-B};i >:F$~󽤌|=4 뷑SX1*I巽biNYޅDn$eg<9稑# 묚J 5}͝uɿ>൳o)pѝtoS9لTcBbubA鈑и6`z~}|%Ȥ;Ѹx4sᝤP`a켋RuC:[6 (^):JQҘۑf\C](*k\x8JNSSK3d]XIq20ix,NmyךArnxn|L%+kRK^c3cLk7YPi8͎UbP}3LIRkܫۇb؋؇.u!n@Oja4o$CHvB#v5v.>n=b̬Gvਸ਼>Iq304SB i_Qc,2(Y64԰JE!V}yyy']3^-q,÷MsLlě,5Dh7,ܔƟ z89*\ etE=!?7-s@ppj\ v1ۭW NFx h𛷣,;"ka Zn$DV!g 4jtq䘣u{r,IM:8jΣLddr?Bv*vN:A+;Ht }e]-SˈG NjD)rnBX~Cf>(T˩g= -J#eB pN-zjwZi(Pfak0:w~_rOOtZgtzHt CNyTTCi`2]%J:Z]{K؇{[yopC)$?Rι^x 2;|)# J"Wp-4E9D^:)WNA,kwc<P$R -EI3 oi%?%nou|Jg9g6)UW>zYz?ne~~NlNICkO3DGNzQȯoME]bͿDkn]KSz,j#zI>FL7u>w2VB5A@XrC F;'k)&mc#Xܔ193d8GۤN,VH_c986`)'Di=$qN/ Z&t-ocԩy7 ^]hTͷIIaKTl*Du^` t@z؍%7]CжF B 39.C񕧱 ]޶<%OzCvzvDm=RvJS*OuY`a byIM( O9qe( yԀر:ibLn\i^ 2!w'l[ R7\KRQ(V23]~GCG1%w@CҴbO>Um0Sl vPm4E)尳RƖ `Þ-,ZAkͳTU9[]i#/>PY.xl&P%cbޔ[-1TNXzsLrJ4;ަ~(6TL'.%ip5ȍ|.*+"}84Xg.P]iҕ!j!\u L ,v ['k1YrɧK0r5?cn}JO e ba9K)Vԩ7KRhDpW\Yf{>4g=U^77KyR(.u@]H$iD.2oq8+TN>[dKs_%`+XxEI "䤞}%%w m*ڠh19uT˥;,0AStzPV ʇOxWhϊ3iݢ k&IRD]RE ;uIyZf]EC͐\`rKy)hR\KGl{+9; ,dƟtV?6tgRUO5=lMR'7V̦W5,:0*L8Dzi g=L iƒieL;`]jܲhQ괓G lð6.e>hiNρJ qX $%UzCmhoz=-$Y0 {o }d\L7.MAi+.% 59EG>Ϡ,e2KEBtʑQD_J\7&]YZr)\qi&a
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1