We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel
5/5
()
About this ebook
We Are Charleston not only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement.
On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, twenty-one-year-old Dylan Roof, a white supremacist, was charged with their murders. Two days after the shooting, while Roof’s court hearing was held on video conference, some of the families of his nine victims, one by one, appeared on the screen—forgiving the killer. The “Emanuel Nine” set a profound example for their families, their city, their nation, and indeed the world.
In many ways, this church’s story is America’s story—the oldest A.M.E. church in the Deep South fighting for freedom and civil rights but also fighting for grace and understanding. Fighting to transcend bigotry, fraud, hatred, racism, poverty, and misery. The shootings in June 2015, opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates Southern institutions and remains part of American society.
We Are Charleston tells the story of a people, continually beaten down, who seem to continually triumph over the worst of adversity. Exploring the storied history of the A.M.E. Church may be a way of explaining the price and power of forgiveness, a way of revealing God’s mercy in the midst of tremendous pain. We Are Charleston may help us discover what can be right in a world that so often has gone wrong.
Related to We Are Charleston
Related ebooks
Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Savannah, 1788–1864 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When We Were Slaves: Hundreds of Recorded Interviews, Life Stories and Testimonies of Former Slaves in the South Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThey Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwelve Years a Slave: A True Story of Betrayal, Kidnap and Slavery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Brother's Keeper: African Canadians and the American Civil War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Double Jordan:: My Journey Towards Discovering My Paternal Ancestors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKing Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Chicago: A Black History of America's Heartland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Parchman Ordeal: 1965 Natchez Civil Rights Injustice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNeither Lady nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Early African American Print Culture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of James Island Slave Descendents & Plantation Owners: The Bloodline Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMary McLeod Bethune in Florida: Bringing Social Justice to the Sunshine State Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfrica's Children: A History of Blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Southerners: 1619-1869 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Women Writers of Louisiana: Telling Their Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRemembering Emmett Till Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fugitivism: Escaping Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1820-1860 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe End of Days: African American Religion and Politics in the Age of Emancipation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Southern Home: The South and Its People Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe American Slave-Trade: An Account of Its Origin, Growth and Suppression Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrincess of the Hither Isles: A Black Suffragist's Story from the Jim Crow South Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: An Autobiographical Account of an Escaped Slave and Abolitionist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Christianity For You
Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Screwtape Letters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Less Fret, More Faith: An 11-Week Action Plan to Overcome Anxiety Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mere Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Law of Connection: Lesson 10 from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind... Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Boundaries Workbook: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Magnolia Story (with Bonus Content) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'll Start Again Monday: Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Eating Habits with Lasting Spiritual Satisfaction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex: Creating a Marriage That's Both Holy and Hot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Enoch Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Holy Bible (World English Bible, Easy Navigation) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for We Are Charleston
1 rating0 reviews