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The Witness is a black Christian collective that engages issues of religion, race, justice, and culture from a biblical perspective.

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March 30, 2020

Casting Our Cares During the Coronavirus

February 28, 2020

Four Lawmakers Opposed the New Anti-Lynching Law on the Basis of “States’ Rights.” Here’s Why That’s Wrong.

February 18, 2020

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March 30, 2020

Casting Our Cares During the Coronavirus

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Black History Recommendations

February 14, 2020

Get Out!: An Explicit Call for “Black Evangelicals” to Continue their Exodus – Part 3

February 10, 2020

To Black Women Who Just Want to Heal

February 7, 2020

Get Out!: An Explicit Call for “Black Evangelicals” to Continue their Exodus – Part 2

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March 30, 2020

Casting Our Cares During the Coronavirus

February 28, 2020

Four Lawmakers Opposed the New Anti-Lynching Law on the Basis of “States’ Rights.” Here’s Why That’s Wrong.

February 18, 2020

Black History Recommendations

February 10, 2020

To Black Women Who Just Want to Heal

January 27, 2020

You Probably Can’t “Live Every Day Like It’s Your Last”, But Here’s What You CAN Do…

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February 18, 2020

Black History Recommendations

December 9, 2019

Way Out of No Way

November 25, 2019

Souls of Black Folk: Reconciling Gospel Music and Hip-Hop

November 21, 2019

Seeing Ourselves in “Waves”

September 27, 2019

Harriet: A Story of Freedom

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February 10, 2020

To Black Women Who Just Want to Heal

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More than a Cog in the Machine

December 9, 2019

Way Out of No Way

September 13, 2019

To Be Young, Gifted, & Black: A Letter to a Young Black Leader — Part 2

September 12, 2019

To Be Young, Gifted, & Black: A Letter to a Young Black Leader — Part 1

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June 18, 2019

“What Other Way They Ever Do Us?” — Why The Central Park 5 Can Happen Again

November 5, 2018

History as Activism – Jemar Tisby at Theology on Tap Chattanooga

October 31, 2018

The Long History of Racism and Reformed Theology – Jemar Tisby at Covenant College

September 24, 2018

Does The School-to-Prison Pipeline Run Through Your Home?

September 10, 2018

A Better Statement on Christianity and Justice: The Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern

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January 6, 2020

Sankofic Symbolism: An Interpretation of the Tulane University Medical Students’ Photo

June 18, 2019

“What Other Way They Ever Do Us?” — Why The Central Park 5 Can Happen Again

May 30, 2019

To Shape A New World: William Seymour and Black Faith in the Drama of Civil Rights – Part 1

April 1, 2019

Hardship-Birthed Hymns: What Can We Learn From the Negro Spiritual?

February 18, 2019

The Race for Humanity: The Tommie Smith and John Carlos Story

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