Interfaith Peacemakers, a series of inspiring profiles, tells the story of the Rev Sandra Kay Gordon, a pioneering African-American woman pastor in Detroit.
Category: Biographical Stories
Phineas Quimby
Lincoln scholar and author Duncan Newcomer profiles the prophetic Phineas Quimby, now acknowledged as grandfather of America’s positive thinking movement.
John Muir
ReadTheSpirit Editor David Crumm profiles John Muir in the Interfaith Peacemakers series and also recommends Kathryn Lasky’s book in Candlewick Biographies.
Michelle Alexander
By Daniel Hunter and Dan Buttry Michelle Alexander tells the story of working as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union on the problem of DWB—“Driving While Black.” She met a young African-American man with extensive documentation of various police stops while he was driving. At first it seemed that he was an excellent… Read more »
Simeon Booker
Benjamin Pratt profiles JET’s and Ebony’s Simeon Booker, whose life story is in Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter’s Account of the Civil Rights Movement.