Word: baptiste
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After marching to Central Square and through Harvard Square, the group stopped at Old Cambridge Baptist Church (OCBC) where they were addressed by the former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples, a sanctuary defense attorney, and a local reverend...
...about 100 since the Tucson indictments were filed last year, have declared themselves to be sanctuaries for Central Americans, as have a Methodist seminary, eleven universities, 19 cities and, under an order by Democratic Governor Toney Anaya, the entire state of New Mexico. Also endorsing the movement: the American Baptist, Presbyterian and United Methodist churches, United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the rabbinical arms of Conservative and Reform Judaism...
...person gathering at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) called for a vote next year that--if successful--would certify them as the official representatives of the University's only remaining non-unionized employees...
...opposite of self-denial is self-government," said the Baptist minister who was persecuted and eventually forced to leave Rumania for his attempts to achieve religious freedom. "Self-denial is giving your life to someone else to govern and dispose with. Self-denial is a way of knowing...
...Confederacy in 1861. George Wallace stood on the same spot 100 years later, took his first oath as Governor and promised, "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! And segregation forever!" From where Wallace stood, one can look across the way and see Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, the civil rights headquarters in the days of the bus boycott that began the long American journey...