Dismantling Racism Discussions

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November 20:“Jesus and the Disinherited” by Howard Thurman 

Watch: Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story  
Watch: Duke Chapel Reads Conversation on ‘Jesus and the Disinherited’ 
Watch: Conversations With Howard Thurman Part 1
Watch: Conversations with Howard Thurman Pt 2

January 29:“Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America” by Joy-Ann Reid

Watch: Portrait of Medgar Evers
Watch: Trailblazer for Justice: Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 
Watch: Joy Reid’s ‘Medgar and Myrlie’ traces extraordinary lives and love of civil rights leaders
Watch: Myrlie Evers speaks outside now national monument

February 26:“Begin Again:  James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own” by Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Watch: Eddie Glaude Jr., Author of “Begin Again” 
Watch: Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America And Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own
Watch: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr & Jon Meacham at the 2022 New Orleans Book Festival

March 26:“Poverty, by America” (Random House) by Matthew Desmond

Watch: Matthew Desmond on ‘Poverty, by America’ 
Watch: Matthew Desmond: The Privileged are Complicit in America’s Poverty Crisis | Amanpour and Company
Watch:“Poverty, By America” with Matthew Desmond 

April 30: “Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm: The American Methodist Church and the Struggle with White Supremacy” by John Elford

Watch: Rev. Dr. John Elford | Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm 
Watch: INUMC DMJ Book Study Week One – Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm
Watch: Q&A with author, John Elford