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Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn't have the money to go to college. For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt.
Now, as children of God, we believe in the worth and dignity of every human being; it doesn't matter where that person came from or what documents they have. Legalized discrimination - where blacks were prevented, often through violence, from owning property, or loans were not granted to African-American business owners, or black homeowners could not access FHA mortgages, or blacks were excluded from unions, or the police force, or fire departments - meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam. It was Islam - at places like Al-Azhar University - that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.
So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. They had to file for bankruptcy, and that's when Ashley decided that she had to do something to help her mom. Iraq's sovereignty is its own. The fifth issue that we must address together is religious freedom.
But Moses says: What I am commanding you is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. And occasionally it finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews.
John Edwards calls on us to hope. For some, nagging questions remain.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.