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Dear Southwest Family,

The path towards racial reconciliation is a gospel path presented to us in the Bible. Though there is NO substitute for Holy Scripture, we’ve provided just a few resources for you to “Get Informed” about this conversation on the gospel and issues of race and ethnicity.

Scholarly Research:

Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63
Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
The Jim Crow Routine: Everyday Performances of Race, Civil Rights, and Segregation in Mississippi
God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights
One New Man: The Cross and Racial Reconciliation in Pauline Theology
The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era)

Movies & Documentaries:

13th
When They See Us
Fruitvale Station
RACE THE POWER OF AN ILLUSION
Rosenwald

Videos:

Watch the Creator of ‘Veggie Tales’ Explain How Systemic Racism Works
Watch the Creator of ‘Veggie Tales’ Explain How Systemic Racism Works
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Additional Resources:

THE UNSTOPPABLE ONE

THE UNSTOPPABLE ONE

A poem by Richard E. Jenkins, Jr.

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