TY - JOUR
T1 - America's unfinished racial reconciliation
AU - Gushee, David Paul
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The United States of America have very slowly been coming to terms with a national history of slavery, segregation, and terror against black Americans, leaving a legacy of second-class citizenship for blacks. Truthful speech about this collective wrongdoing remains difficult. Repentance and making right of that wrongdoing remains incomplete. Forgiveness for that wrongdoing therefore remains unfinished. And yet, recent national, state, and private efforts to tell the truth, pay reparations, and honor America's greatest black leader, Martin Luther King, demonstrate considerable progress.
AB - The United States of America have very slowly been coming to terms with a national history of slavery, segregation, and terror against black Americans, leaving a legacy of second-class citizenship for blacks. Truthful speech about this collective wrongdoing remains difficult. Repentance and making right of that wrongdoing remains incomplete. Forgiveness for that wrongdoing therefore remains unfinished. And yet, recent national, state, and private efforts to tell the truth, pay reparations, and honor America's greatest black leader, Martin Luther King, demonstrate considerable progress.
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U2 - 10.13109/kize.2013.26.1.73
DO - 10.13109/kize.2013.26.1.73
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84902123197
SN - 0932-9951
VL - 26
SP - 73
EP - 83
JO - Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
JF - Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
IS - 1
ER -