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...idea of a Covenant, now entering its second year, is no longer a novelty but a concept in the midst of change. Rev. Donald Luster of the Charles St. AME Church in Roxbury, a member of the Covenant steering committee, said, "We're in a process of trying to re-evaluate what has already been done and to try to ascertain where there have been some breakdowns. We haven't been going in a fluid motion," he admitted. While some downtown churches have maintained Covenant sponsored dialogues between people of different races, Luster said, "areas such as Dorchester and Roxbury...
...committee, chaired by the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, will submit its recommendations to Bok by January 1. Currently, the committee--which includes Archie C. Epps III, dean of students: Edward L. Keenan, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Nancy Randolph, special assistant to Bok; and three undergraduate representatives--is interviewing University officials and will soon hash out substantive models. Gomes' preliminary proposals, which he stressed are far from finalized, suggested three possible models--one patterns after the Institute of Politics, one after Radcliffe's Education for Action, and one after Phillips Brooks House...
Last week Reagan scored what initially seemed to be a notable coup: he got the backing of the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr.'s onetime righthand man, and the endorsement of the Rev. Hosea Williams, another black civil rights activist of the '60s. But neither Abernathy nor Williams is regarded today as a major leader by blacks. Scoffed Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, a black: "When the Ku Klux Klan, Abernathy and Williams agree on the same candidate for President, that wins first prize for weird coalition of the year...
...President Bailey Smith is right. God does not hear the prayers of any person who says Jesus Christ is not the Messiah [Sept. 29]. Nor does God listen to the needs of every person who calls on him. It has nothing to do with racism, culture or class. (The Rev.) Norman Koop Deerfield Street...
...Rev. Mr. Smith gives just another reason why global brotherhood will never be attained. It is unbelievable that anyone, especially in a leadership role, could deny the accessibility of God to any people. Mark Naigles Providence...