Tag : Ku Klux Klan
16th Street Baptist Church title : Churches Amid Historic Civil Rights' Sites Designated by President Obama as National Monuments
summary : Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and other civil rights landmarks in Birmingham, Ala., were designated on Thursday as the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument by President Barack Obama in one of his last official acts as U.S. leader. This church is where four girls died in 1963 after Ku Klux Klan members detonated more than a dozen sticks of dynamite outside the church basement. He also deemed two other new national monuments: Freedom Riders National Monument in Anniston, Ala., and the Reconstruction Era National Monument in South Carolina.
date : Jan 15, 2017 09:35 AM EST
Trump at Liberty University title : Donald Trump Endorsement Was Mistake Says Liberty University's Mark DeMoss About Jerry Falwell Jr.
summary : Televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr.'s former chief of staff, Mark DeMoss, broke his silence Tuesday about disagreeing with Jerry Falwell Jr.'s endorsement of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Not only did DeMoss indicate that Falwell's endorsement was a mistake, he also claimed it was a "concern" for Liberty University, the Virginia Christian college founded by the elder Falwell and now led by his son.
date : Mar 02, 2016 02:09 PM EST
Confederate Flag title : Christians React to Confederate Flag as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Calls for its Removal
summary : South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has called for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds. Many Christians are also taking that point of view too.
date : Jun 23, 2015 12:54 PM EDT