History
On the railroad, the Jim Crow car was usually the first car behind the coal-fired locomotive that belched soot, fumes, and engine…
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History
After the Marches
Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns
After sit-ins and marches in the South, things were beginning to change. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Wilkerson’s narrative reminds us that public protest and legislative action can shift what is permitted—and that the deeper work of changing hearts and habits continues long after the bill is signed.
How you’d preach it
Legal change and cultural change are related but not identical. Both require persistence.
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