this was the hallmark of denmark vesey, one of the founders of mother emanuel. we affectionately call it ame church in charleston, south carolina, where again at six chuter a dylann roof went in 2015. the church birthed in many regards to fight against the status quo. you can't just talk about the narrative of obeying your master. you've to also talk about the exodus that god led to. so the church is a place that birth liberation theologies and prophetic resistance. next slide please. the church is part of its prophetic resistance set forward leaders. the black church said forward leaders who ran political office, particularly during the reconstruction period. when you think about renstruction again, it's funny to me that the first african-american elected to the states senate long before raphael warnock was elected from georgia. but during the period of reconstruction, a fellows elected from, as we say, from louisiana initially, as we often say in my crooked letter, crooklyn, i from mississippi was hiram rebels, who i'm proud, say was a minister in the ame chur