The Civil Rights movement
I'm reading an article, If you're not concerned about the Southern Baptists, you ought to be!
If you’re not concerned about the Southern Baptists, you ought to be! – Baptist News Global
which lead me to an interview given by James Cone about his book,
Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare: Cone, James: 9781570759796: Amazon.com: Books
While watching that interview ( Watch Religion & Violence: James Cone Interview | Trinity Church (trinitychurchnyc.org )
I began to realize how little this middle-aged retired pastor/milkman who loves to golf in Canada knows about the Civil Rights Movement. The closest I've come to this is from the movie, Mississippi Burning, which should tell you a lot about my understanding of the issue. Hackman was great though 
One of the Conferences I went to was the Bethlehem Pastors Conference which addressed Black issues, but that was years ago.
So, what would be a good starting point (books, vids etc.) or Primer to understand the Civil Rights Movement? I'm not looking for banter back and forth. I'm looking for even-headed and well-thought-out material that gives a history of the CRM.
Any help would be much appreciated.
BY THE WAY, INSERTING LINKS STILL DOESN'T WORK.....!
I can't add a link to my posts - Logos Forums
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I don't know if this helps, but this conversation is a good thing to look at (and vote for) for appropriate books:
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/224258.aspx
As far as I can tell, Logos doesn't offer any of Cone's books, which is super weird. I know The Cross and the Lynching Tree spends some time looking at history.
I attended a church for several years that had several of its members affected by the events pointed to by "Mississippi Burning". I was the first pastor with a European background they had ever met. It broke my heart to know what their families experienced.
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Lew Worthington said:
I don't know if this helps, but this conversation is a good thing to look at (and vote for) for appropriate books:
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/224258.aspx
As far as I can tell, Logos doesn't offer any of Cone's books, which is super weird. I know The Cross and the Lynching Tree spends some time looking at history.
I attended a church for several years that had several of its members affected by the events pointed to by "Mississippi Burning". I was the first pastor with a European background they had ever met. It broke my heart to know what their families experienced.
Thanks Lew!
I know The Cross and the Lynching Tree is on Amazon. Might pick it up. Thanks again.
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I had the amazing luck of taking a summer course in which the primary instructor was injured in an auto accident the week before the course. That left Robert McAffe Brown who had expected to be an oral history side show as the main show. For those who didn't transfer into another class we had an incredible 20 hours of coffee with Robert McAffe Brown. His Reflections over the Long Haul: A Memoir: Brown, Robert McAfee: 9780664224042: Amazon.com: Books includes his personal account that puts the movement in theological perspective in a way no history of the movement can.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Jemar Tisby's book The Color of Compromise is good, though it isn't focused just on the Civil Rights era.
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MJ. Smith said:
I had the amazing luck of taking a summer course in which the primary instructor was injured in an auto accident the week before the course. That left Robert McAffe Brown who had expected to be an oral history side show as the main show. For those who didn't transfer into another class we had an incredible 20 hours of coffee with Robert McAffe Brown. His Reflections over the Long Haul: A Memoir: Brown, Robert McAfee: 9780664224042: Amazon.com: Books includes his personal account that puts the movement in theological perspective in a way no history of the movement can.
Well, the price is right!
Thanks.
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Jonathan Huber said:
Jemar Tisby's book The Color of Compromise is good, though it isn't focused just on the Civil Rights era.
Thanks, I'll take a look.
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