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[119] [73] [84] The New York Times reported that Trump "made no pretense of any intent other than posing for photographs—he held up the Bible carried by his daughter, then gathered a few top advisers next to him in a line". [7] The entire group then departed the church grounds at 7:11 p.m. and returned to the White House at 7:18 p.m. [118] [73]
Hence, the Bible was perceived as the Book for Europeans to interpret, which in turn gave justification for European Christian domination. [1] However, as African Americans began to claim Christianity as their own, African American biblical hermeneutics arose out of the experiences of racism in the United States .
The Museum of the Bible, during a 2018 exhibition called "The Slave Bible: Let the Story Be Told", exhibited an example from 1807. This bible was one of three copies of this version, and is owned by Fisk University. It was printed by Law and Gilbert of London, for the Society for the Conversion of Negro Slaves. [5]
Abolitionist writings, such as "A Condensed Anti-Slavery Bible Argument" (1845) by George Bourne, [126] and "God Against Slavery" (1857) by George B. Cheever, [127] used the Bible, logic and reason extensively in contending against the institution of slavery, and in particular the chattel form of it as seen in the South.
A Black family's Bible ended up in the Smithsonian and helped a California family fill out its genealogy. It's on display in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Modern American origins of contemporary black theology can be traced to July 31, 1966, when an ad hoc group of 51 concerned clergy, calling themselves the National Committee of Negro Churchmen, bought a full page ad in The New York Times to publish their "Black Power Statement", which proposed a more aggressive approach to combating racism using the Bible for inspiration. [5]
Anna J. Cooper, civil and women's rights activist, author, educator, sociologist, scholar [11] John Anthony Copeland Jr., abolitionist; Patrisse Cullors, civil rights activist, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement [12] [13] [14] Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate
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