Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Historic Churches From Civil Rights Era Hold Service of Reconciliation

From Alabama-

On March 14, 1965 -- one week after Bloody Sunday -- a small group of about 19 demonstrators gathered in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Many of them had responded to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's call to come south and participate in the march to Montgomery that would begin the following week. That day, however, their mission was to integrate the historic downtown parish.

These demonstrators didn't carry signs. Instead, they came armed with the Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer. After St. Paul's ushers turned them away, the small group knelt at the steps of the church and said a prayer known as the General Confession.

More here-

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-alvey/historic-churches-from-ci_b_6969186.html

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