remember i told you one baptist can't really tell another baptist what to do? these are the internal organizing politics of a community and so -- but all of them knew the procedures, the ways of moving and there was always a power struggle. a power struggle for who will run the institutional levers of the community. during reconstruction there were roughly 2000 black elected officials nationally, and they were all males, given the 15th amendment and roughly a third or more with clergy. i point out to you henry mcneil turner was in the georgia statehouse the other day that he as an ame bishop. and they were a part of it because they were the reading populous. now, the question was whether or not these clergy people were on the side of their own people or whether on the side of -- or were they too easy to compromise? this is the question that scholars asking all the time. do they compromise, are they selling out the people? and there's a myth always that black clergy are selling out their people for their own self-interests. some are, some aren't. but this is a k

church -- ebenezer baptist church. this coverage is from cbs news america -part of real - reel america. >> come on, now, let's go. will you let him move, please? give these people room to get in here. >> back it up. give these people room to get in. back up, please. back up. calling upon god and saying lord jesus, receive my spirit. and he kneeled down, lord lay not this sin to their charge. in the sight of the lord is the depth of his faith. once for every man and nation comes the moment to decide. some great cause, some great decision offered each bloom or blight. and the charge goes by forever. where the darkness and the light -- with the darkness and the light, then decide what truth is noble. [indiscernible] then it is the brave men chooses while the coward stands aside. on the multitude make a richer of the faith that they have denied. though the calls of evil, yet [indiscernible] fear thou not, for i am with thee. be not dismayed, for i am god. i will help thee, ye i will protest with the with the right hand of

church -- ebenezer baptist church. this coverage is from cbs news america -part of real - reel america.

we know, is a colony that was founded primarily to be religiously tolerant of the quakers of the baptists, the catholic and so all were welcome in this particular colony, which eventually as we know the state of pennsylvania. and so these are the acts and laws. again, granted landees given to the colonists showing their ownership. also basically they're also upon the acts and in the laws we're showing how they are using part of the bible to use as their legislation of how that colony would be founded. for instance, over here, as we move forward, this is the maryland laws enacted. and it's showing that first of all we know that maryland was established as a catholic colony. and then you can't really see it, but here it's showing maryland being one of the very first colonies, first states, to enact a religious toleration act. and it's showing here, though, that if you are blas fa mouse, the basic punishment, starts off with a mild beating or flogging and goes on to a more severe flogging and then actually you would be thrown out of the colony should you continue with your -- what they consi

at a meeting of thousands at the holt street baptist church, a meeting led by the reverend dr.ing, to the meeting was to shape the montgomery west boycotts and this meeting came shortly after the arrest of rosa parks, and it came three months following the murder of 14-year-old emmett till. this was the beginning of the movement. to energize and rally black people around the boycott, dr. king stated with power and in front of a vibrant crowd the following. he says there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression. there comes a time, my friends, when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of humiliation, experience the bleakness of nagging despair. there comes an time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life july and left standing among the piercing chill of an alpine november. there comes a time. my friends, we are in an alpine november. he then goes on to say it is not enough for us to talk about love. love is one of the pivotal points of the christian faith. there is another side cal

dearly, of 70's at baptist church.ding one of martin luther king's favorite hymns, when i survey the wondrous cross. ♪ ♪ when i survey the wondrous cross on which the prince of glory died♪ my richest gain i count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride, see from his head, his hands, his feet. ♪ so much sorrow and love flow mingled down did e'er such love and sorrow meet♪ or thorns compose so rich, so rich a crown♪ were this whole realm of nature mine that were a present far too small♪ love so amazing, so divine demands my soul, my life, my all ♪ reverend abernathy: that is bow our heads in a moment of solemn utterance. eternal and everlasting god our father, thou who art the giver and sustainer of life, from whom all things have come, and to whom all things shall return, we beseech thy comforting presence in this hour. this hour of deepest agreement. for our hearts -- deepest bereavement. for our hearts are heavily laden with sorrow and remorse at the removal of one of history's true's representatives of thy will an

and, again, as we had mentioned, they were seeking refuge, the catholics, the quakers, the baptists, or anything that opposed the ideas of the earlier settles -- settlors, what kerry was mentioning, he wanted to tell the story of the good, the bad and the ugly. and the good, they came overlooking for refuge from religious persecution, but then those who came seeking the same, if they had a different idea, then they became the persecuted now. so, it's kind of an interesting story if you look at it from an honest perspective. >> at this point in time, we sort of end this section. the bible was a key document. interesting, people then started drifting away and some would say that america, as we knew it in that day, started falling asleep and it became somewhat of a secondary document in people's lives. so, the second section of our tour deals with the rebirth or the awakening of the bible in america, and has an amazing story unto itself. that's where we'll head to next. >> the museum of the bible in washington, d.c., which opened on november 17th, 2017, has more than 3,000 books and art

basically it's methodist baptist.e like to tell baptists preach in front of popular it will make you more popular. >> when i grew up this is what you put in your basement. i might be willing to buy wood panelling here. >> this is our standard rusting wood pallet. this is prefinished and distresed. >> when i go to churches now days it's different each week. >> i think it might be a change. >> mine is where all of this stuff came from. >> i don't see it. >> he has that too. >> this is just a stack of wood pallets. it is a great way to communicate we'll for sure. >>> it's a calm morning at this police department until suddenly unexpectedly the door opens. >> the trouble this spooky visitor causes next. >>> plus bmx riders get a chance to reflect on their skills. >> i feel like there's a couple of eight-year-olds going mom, where's the tinfoil? >> it shatters all expect station. >> there's about 100,000 years of bad luck ready happen. i'm your phone, stuck down here between your seat and your console, playing a little hid

warnock a senior pastor of ebenezer baptist church.s well as the head of union theological seminary, dr. serene jones. this is democracy now! back on dr. cone in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "nobody knows the trouble i've seen" sung by mahalia jackson. one of reverend dr. james cone's books was titled "the spirituals and the blues: an interpretation." he wrote in his book "no black person could escape the reality they brace. bb king, generally king, mahalia jackson to find my blackness." those the words of the late dr. cone. this is democracy now! look at continue our the life and legacy of the founder of black liberation dr. james cone.y future but at the christian gospel from the oppressed. he said he was inspired by dr. martin luther king jr. and malcolm x. dr. cone died saturday at the age of 79. this is dr. cone speaking at the 2012 general conference of the united methodist church. >> i write for those who are penniless and jobless, landless, socialse who have no power. s speak and i write for gay bisexuals, and those who are t

warnock a senior pastor of ebenezer baptist church.s well as the head of union theological seminary, dr. serene jones. this is democracy now! back on dr. cone in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "nobody knows the trouble i've seen" sung by mahalia jackson. one of reverend dr. james cone's bookwas titled "the spirituals and the blues: an interpretation." he wrote in his book "no black person could escape the reality they brace. bb king, generally king, mahalia jackson to find my blackness." those the words of the late dr. cone. this is democracy now! look at continue our the life and legacy of the founder of black liberation dr. james cone.y future but at the christian gospel from the oppressed. he said he was inspired by dr. martin luther king jr. and malcolm x. dr. cone died saturday at the age of 79. this is dr. cone speaking at the 2012 general conference of the united methodist church. >> i write for those who are penniless and jobless, landless, socialse who have no power. s speak and i write for gay bisexuals, and those who are tra

on saturday august twenty eighth one thousand nine hundred sixty three the baptist preacher from atlanta georgia civil rights leader dr martin luther king jr begins to speak in front of a live audience of a quarter of a million people. his i have a dream address will go on to become one of the most famous speeches in human history. we were just that day when i wrote children men and white men jews and gentiles protestants and catholics. and saying in nowhere that spirit. thank god oh my dear. whoa whoa. i was. told that long smug mood in. the fast pace of life in the digital shift has the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information on the wheaties finds and interviews with makers and users of shifts next on details. when i was young and mean to about changing the world. but i was a woman in egypt some things turned out differently forced marriage genital mutilation humiliation. so i know all else and all we rebelled against the written word to stand up for women's rights. no one answer dawi the free voice of egypt starting april eighth on t w. shaft livin

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young walker would do anything he's the heart and soul of the civil rights movement the baptist preacher has already gone to jail fourteen times for his activism. why he tries to convince young that king must return at the end of his speech to the czech metaphor after all no american would approve of being handed a bum check. in the constitution the founding fathers issued a promise to future generations and that promise has been broken for blacks. thinks king should declare that for african-americans the check has been returned to stamped with the words insufficient funds. boyer i remember very clearly because we were desperately looking for a new climax for his speech. he had spoken so widely across the land that we felt he needed something fresh so in the young and i spent almost all of that night. writing notes and going out steers clear in with him coming back down again it typed back and forth up and down in the womb would hotel i think i forget the name of a hotel survey of who or what will in a hotel year know the very famous hotel at that time. thank you. while finishing touches

the recently deceased evangelical southern baptist theor, really graham, godhead of my southern baptist upbringing, was probably of scotch irish. descent his death was mourned and commemorated by protestants in it ireland as it was here in the state funeral. of the frontier trekkers moved on from kentucky to missouri, as my ancestors did, following the footsteps of daniel boone himself, who in his many of my extended ,amily, moved on to missouri then to oklahoma. daniel boone died before that. so this was the track of my ancestors. breaking every treaty with native americans. government encouraged these settlers to overrun indigenous villages, burned their crops, seas and land, which they usually did and that it lost to agribusiness, that is slavers'plantations. many descendents of the frontier trekkers moved on to oklahoma, where grew up. for nearly 300 euros, the english crown and the united states had offered free or cheap land to a british -- for nearly 300 years, the english crown had offered free or cheap land to british settlers. eva family wanted greater opportunity, they moved

king's funeral has been scheduled for tuesday morning at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta where he and his father served as copastor. speaking from the memory of her own loss, she appealed to americans. i weep for mrs. king and for her children for the senseless act of hate. when will our country learn that to live by the sword is to perish by the sword. the morning symbolized by his service in cleveland. john hart reports. >> thousands of people gathered outside for a memorial prayer service were mayor carl stokes asked for a continuing. for a memorial prayer service >> you can kill a man, but you cannot kill an idea. the idea and the ideal for which dr. martin luther king's book, for which he lived and for which he died, will continue to live in this country. it will continue to live in this city. despite the sorrow on all of us today, there will be a resurgence of him being right and that we will overcome. >> with martin luther king gone, who could take his place in the leadership of the nation's negro moderates? whitney young was asked about this after attending a meeting with

the period after the revolutionary war sought many conflicts about religion between baptists and presbyteriansconflict and catholics and protestants, the violence was specifically directed at irish catholic immigrants. the surgeon immigration was happening at the same time as the rise of activist protestantism. mormons were also facing persecution from catholics including when the president of the united states under fear of a religious state of mormons call for a new non-mormon governor and the installation of federal judges under the fourth federal troops. the jews have been living in america since colonial times but they did not face harsh anti-semitism until the end of the 1890's. there has been some discrimination along the way. during the great depression, anti-summits is was at an all-time high in america. attacks and social and political discrimination range rampant. intolerance against jewish people still continues to this day. it leads right up to the events of 9/11. anti-muslim terror -- sentiment increased. increased against muslims 1600% compared to previous years. >> the question

in august 1863, a dozen african-american baptist ministers visited the white house, seeking permission to preach to units of the united states colored troops. lincoln heard them out, then "made some interesting remarks." following which, he gave the chairman a letter. to whom it may concern. today i am called upon by a committee of colored ministers of the gospel, who expressed a wish to go within our military lines and minister to their brethren there. it's a great opportunity and i would be happy to facilitate it. some of washington's black catholics then sought presidential assistance in raising money to establish a chapel and a school for african-americans. a delegation of three blacks, led by the businessman gabriel coakley, visited the white house and asked lincoln for authorization to hold an independence day fundraising lawn party on the executive mansion grounds. the president showed interest, and told coakley certainly, you shall have my permission. the president wished him and his friends success. on july 4, hundreds of blacks entered the white house grounds, where a festive

cbsext on "reel america," news coverage from ebenezer baptist church, where one of king's closest friends presided over his service. the program continues with scenes of the procession, as thousands of mourners follow the casket through the street of atlanta to morehouse college. with theends interment ceremony from southfield cemetery. >> [chatter] >> [car horn] >> the family is now arriving outside the church. >> right here. [chatter] >> come on, now, let's go. >> will you let him move, pleas e? >> give these people room to get in here. back it up! give these people room to get in. >> back up, please. >> back up! get out of there. >> keep moving. >> keep moving. >> [laughter] [chatter] >> [organ playing] ♪ rev. abernathy: calling up on jesus, with thee, my. . spirit. he knees down, lord lay not this sin to their charge. lord is the of the depth of his faith. at once for every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ♪ rev. abernathy: some great some great decision t.fered each bloom or bligh and the charge goes by forever. and is trusted to be just. brave man --e >> [indiscernible] re

convention and helped found the progressive baptist convention with two thousand of the clergy. because the vast majority of black churches at the time did not want to participate and then lastly august of one nine hundred sixty six his approval rating is at twelve percent the twelve percent of americans re with him in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight one thousand nine hundred sixty six just two years out there received the nobel peace prize and so i think this mythology as both as dr richard has pointed out. attempts to domesticate him in such a way that he falls neatly into an american exceptionalism narrative which is just not true do you want me to go that little bit further deep dive and study dr king. well when i was in college i remembers twenty five years ago and i believe it was the twenty fifth anniversary of dr king's assassination and i remember hearing reverend jesse jackson on the radio and he said you know we think of king like he was a big civil rights teddy bear but this guy was radical and i remember being so struck by that because he's so that image of k

themselves and again as we had mentioned they're seeking refugee, the catholics, the quakers, the baptists or anything that opposed the ideas of the earlier settle settlers, that he wanted to tell the story of the good, the bad and the ugly. and the good, they came over looking for refugee from religious persecution but then those who came seeking the same, if they had a different idea then theirs they became the persecuted now. it's interesting story if you look at it from an honest perspective. >> at this point in time, we sort of end this section. the bible was a key document and interesting people then started drifting away and some would say that america as we knew it in that day started falling asleep and it became somewhat of a secondary document in peoples' lives. so the second section of our tour deals with the rebirth or the awakening of the bible in america and has an amazing story unto itself and that's where we'll head to next. the museum of the bible which opened in 2017 has more than 3,000 books and artifacts on exhibit and the building occupies almost an entire city block.

up next on "reel america," cbs news coverage from ebenezer baptist church, where one of -- where reverend ralph abernathy, one of king's closest friends, presided over his funeral service. the program continues with scenes of the procession, as thousands of mourners follow the casket through the street of atlanta to morehouse college. the film ends with coverage of the internment ceremony from southview cemetery. >> the family is now arriving outside the church. >> will you please move, please? >> i got to get in there. >> give the people rim to get in here. back it up! give the people room to get in. >> back up, please. cracks get out of -- >> get out of there. ♪ [organ playing] >> [inaudible] -- calling upon god and saying, lord jesus, receive my spirit. and he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, lord, lay not this sin to their charge. in the sight of the lord is the depth of his faith. once for every man and nation comes the moment to decide. decide between truth and falsehood or the good or evil sign. some great cause, some great the bloomffered each or blight. and the charge go

and his parents had been baptists and the baptists of the particular baptist church they belonged in believed in predestination, and lincoln left that church, but he never left the doctrine of predestination. and he that thought that every action that we take is caused by an earlier action caused by an earlier action, and back and back the causes go. he had a little phrase that he said often and recorded by his young law partner william herndon. lincoln would say that the motive was born before the man, and so before you are even born, the causes of everything that you do have been set in place. if you follow these chains of causation back, they lead to god. who created the universe and everything in it. and remember that payne was not an atheist and nor was lincoln ever an atheist, and payne believed in one god and no more, a and so for lincoln as the civil war is grinding on, he ke only conclude that god wants it to continue. but god for some reason wants these men to be injured and killed. and the result of thiz thoughts, and the final thought is in the second inaugural. it is one

one at ebenezer baptist church where dr. king and his father both served as senior pastors, followed by a service at his alma mater, morehouse college. this is part of c-span3's "reel america." >> that's it. >> move, please, so the people can come through. please go back. >> a group of dignitaries, the family is now arriving outside the church. >> please, let her through. >> come on now. will you press please move, please? come on. let's go. i've got to get her in there. show us some respect. >> back this group up. back it up. give the people room to get in here. back it up! back it up! give the people room to get in here. >> back up, please. back up. back up. get out of there! >> keep moving. keep moving. >> that's walter ruther. ♪ ♪ >> calling up on god and saying, lord, jesus, receive my spirit. and he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice. lord, lay not this sin to their charge. in the sight of the lord is the death of his saints. -- and nation comes the moment to decide. in the strife of truth with falsehood, while t

of june is midsummer and the feast of st john exactly six months separate the birth of st john the baptist and the birth of christ the two christian feast days are closely linked to the summer and winter solstice it's from june the days begin to shorten from december to lengthen again midsummer's day the saying goes brings a blessing for the land and livestock and promises a good harvest. the day of the summer solstice is a day of festivities throughout the country the congregation of petit of a.z. marks the occasion with the service singing hymns and reciting poems in praise of the summer the age old verses betray a robust pride in the homeland. hine forest skirted lynette o's birch trees flowers on the highlands wild strawberries great lakes of clear water. warm july not give thanks to have been born in the heart of finland the dawn of life broke here and here but my grave be too. warm. i shall long for it all one day if ever i should leave behind. the bar. lord. was. the small church of petit of a.z. is a memorial to the simple faith of the people and the skills of the craftsman who bui

one at ebenezer baptist church where dr. king and his father both served as senior pastors,

i'm not a baptist preacher. churchach you in baptist because i'm catholic. start low, go slow. i wrote a speech. i have not flipped a single page yet. like every academic, i know how to write. i know how to put the pros to the paper. i'm speaking from my heart. i carry a lot on my chest. i'm getting old. at can't be carrying everything on my chest no more, but i'm going to tell you something. our power is enormous. i have seen it in every aspect of life. i have seen it as consumers. we stop shopping and buying all them little smart things -- yeah. my ex-boss inspired all of this stuff. if we stop shopping, if we stop voting, if we stop being who we really are, we can shut down a lot of things. our power is enormous, yet we have never embraced that power. we have never understood how powerful we are. we go in and begging to get a seat at the table. give us our seat at the table. our votes, that 1, 2 ,3. that represents our strength, not just in states like alabama and mississippi and georgia. by the way, let the say one other thing about louisiana while i'm talking. louisiana ha

[applause] he is the president of the progressive national baptist .convention please welcome dr.ay we bow to pray. god of grace and glory. god of our weary years and silent tears. on the solemn and sacred occasion at this holy season, we gather beneath this sacred dome to remember the life and legacy prophet and servant, dr. martin luther king jr. we remember with all the reverence his courage to face the injustices of racism, poverty, and violence. how he challenged us to transform this nation, and to a beloved community where every person is treated with dignity and respect. and where every person has the opportunity to live up to their god-given potential. yet here we are, oh god, 50 years after his apotheosis and the nation seems to have gone backwards. racism has again lifted its serpentine head. economic injustice burdens the poor. violence is everywhere. our leaders still prepare for war. in these challenging and difficult times, we need you, o god, like never before. let your spirit fall on us and on this land. let your spirit fall on our leaders and bring them to their s

so he had a first-hand knowledge of the harassment of these baptist clergy and their followers. he was only in his early 20s at the time and he'd begun to get interested in politics as his father was and he was elected to a committee to prepare a declaration of rights and my friend tim shaw has been talking about and the original draft was written by george mason and a contemporary of jefferson and madison and the language is significant and he said all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion according to the dictate of conscience. the fullest toleration according to the dictates of conscience. madison, he was only 24 years old, thought that was not adequate because toleration is a form of dulgence,hat the ruling authorities grant people when th who they don't like and so he suggested a revision to read all men are equally entitled to the full and the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience and the key phrase there entitled to the full and the free exercise of religion. in other words, he's implying that it is a right, and no

his parents had been baptists, and the baptists, the particular baptist church they belonged in believed in predestination. lincoln left that church, but he never left the doctrine of predestination. he thought that every action we take is caused by an earlier action which itself is caused by an earlier action and back and back the causes go. he had a little phrase that he said often. it was recorded by his young law partner, william herndon. lincoln would say, the motive was born before the man. so, before you're even born, the causes of everything you do have been set in place. and if you follow these chains of causation back, they lead to god, who created the universe and everything in it. remember that paine was not an atheist, nor was lincoln ever an atheist. paine believed in one god and no more. so for lincoln, as the civil war is grinding on, he can only conclude that god wants it to continue, that god, for some reason, wants these men to be injured and killed, and the result of this thought, the final result, is in his second inaugural. it's one of the shortest inaugural address

so he had a first-hand knowledge of the harassment of these baptist clergy and their followers. he was only in his early 20s at the time and he had begun to get interested in politics as his father was and he was elected to a committee to prepare a declaration of rights. my friend tim shaw has been talking about. the language is significant. he said that all men should enjoy the full eest toleration the exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience. madison, he was only 24 years old, thought that was not adequate. that the ruling authority's grant people who they don't like. and so he suggested a revision to read all men are equally entitled to the full and the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience. and the key phrase titled to the full and the free exercise of religion. that it's a right not what a benevolent ruler grants. some, and the leader on the opposition, was patrick henry. patrick henry pushed for a modified establishment of religion where others besides the anglicans would receive funds for their schools and other institutions