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RESOURCES:
UNITED METHODIST INTERNET SOURCES Quick
Links: SLAVERY Gulfside center bridges segregation era, 21st century - new Remembering the Central Jurisdiction - new The
general web site for the spiritual growth study on Exodus: The
Journey to Freedom Brief
Timeline of United Methodism includes key events related to racial
ethnic minorities and women. United
Methodist history of the segregated Central Jurisdiction and other
issues involved in the 1968 union between The Methodist Church
and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. ?The
Slavery Question and the Civil War? in the context of early United
States Methodism. A
pictorial essay with narrative on the Civil War era. Other eras can be accessed at this United
Methodist 200 years portrait. Reconstruction
and Methodists after the Civil War. Scroll down and click on other links for
limited refereces to how race impacted discussion on reunion between
northern and southern Methodists. Charter
for racial justice, first introduced by United Methodist Women
and adopted by the entire denomination, expresses a wide range
of issues and strategies to deal with racism. General
Board of Church and Society organizes its web site on the United
Methodist Social Principles. Do a search on ?race? for a variety of sources. Also, ?Our Social Community? deals with
multiple issues of prejudice and discrimination. United
Methodist General Commission on Religion and Race ?When
We Hate? is the ?Responsively Yours? column by Joyce Sohl published
in RESPONSE magazine. See
the list of news releases at the bottom of the page. Map
of hate crimes in the United States Hate
Crimes Resolution which is official policy of the United Methodist
Church United
Methodists denounce Chief Wahoo Additional
bibliographic material stocked by the Service Center on race and
hate crimes. Harry
Hosier, African American Methodist and first missionary to Native
Americans. Christianity
Today article on Black United Methodist leaders critique of United
Methodist overtures to resolve racial divisions with historic
Black denominations. United
Methodist News Service analysis of the issues of race today. Slave
narratives provide first hand accounts of experiences of slavery. A
little more user friendly web resource on slave narratives out
of University of Houston. African
American pamphlet collection from the Library of Congress provides
primary materials written by African Americans abolitionists to
protest slavery. These
web sites on slavery in ancient Rome provide excellent background
by which to deal with some of the Scripture references to slavery: ABOLITION
AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Historical
and contemporary resources on the underground railroad and site
preservation efforts through the establishment of a museum in
Cincinnati. Take
a virtual tour. Testimony
of escaped slaves interviewed in Canada by white abolitionists. Preliminary
collection of web sites related to the Underground railroad ?The
Abolitionist? provides links to speeches and proclamations related
to abolition. CIVIL WAR INFORMATION AND LINKS This
is a collection of links to the history of jim crow and anti-lyching
campaigning. They
rate the various web sites they identify. Yale
University curriculum, ?The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race
Riots 1880-1950,? provides a paper on the history of lynching
of African Americans as a tool of racist terrorism. ?Race Riots? were an upsurge of mobs of whites attacking Black
communities. This
web page from Cleveland State University analyzes the press coverage
of lynchings in the United States. University
of Binghamton curriculum on Black and White women?s anti-lynching
campaign. This
website provides a variety of articles on white racism as well
definitions for and tools for working with groups. ?Project
Change? provides a broad scope analysis of current race and gender
issues. United
Nations information web site on global anti-racism Organization
which addresses wide ranging issues of civil rights in the United
States. Official
African Methodist Episcopal history website: Official
African Methodist Episcopal Zion website: Official
Christian Methodist Episcopal heritage website: Full
text of C.H. Phillips? book, The History of the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its organization, Subsequent Development, and Present
Status, (Jackson, TN: The CME Publishing House, 1925): Eden
Seminary?s fact page on the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church: Smithsonian?s
pictorial exhibition of the impact of the Black Church today.
It includes photos and interviews with Black Church members. World
Council of Churches? Statement of Racism: Jesuit
College in the South provides a library of resources on Race.
Scroll down for resource links to various races. Presbyterian
racial justice programs deal with the diversity of our world. GENERAL
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY Vast
collection of well-organized links to full book texts, photos
and much more. Africans
in America is a PBS series which covers four eras in U.S. history. Long
Island University web site, ?A Journey to Freedom,? which offers
very brief descriptions to a multitude of historical events. Smithsonian?s
web site on Black history and contributions to science, the arts,
communications technology, agriculture, religion, etc. Rare
photographs of African American Slavery and freedom compiled by
the Library of Congress. |
