Let my people go : a statement to Cincinnati and to the world
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- Author
- Thompson, Herbert, 1933-2006
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Material Type
- Booklet
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5800 F67 no. 1629
- Author
- Thompson, Herbert, 1933-2006
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati OH
- Publisher
- Forward Movement Publications
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Physical Description
- 19 [+1] p. ; 16.2 x 10.8 cm
- Material Type
- Booklet
- Notes
- "[FM] 1629". -- back cover.
- Cover title.
- "[By] The Right Reverend Herbert Thompson, Jr., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio".
- "Copyright 2001 Herbert Thompson, Jr., St. George's Day, April 23, 2001". -- p. [20].
- "It is an extraordinary paradox. We have made such progress in America. We stand alone as the world's only superpower, economically and militarily. Our relative standard of living is the highest known in human history. The boats of all have been lifted by the economic and political tide. America is the gold standard by which practically all countries measure themselves. And many of us have been privileged to witness our movement from legal segregation to the far more open society we enjoy. But as the song says, 'We've still got a long way to go'. The more things change, the more some things remain the same. America's prisons and their particular populations are evidence of an enduring reality. They are the leading edge of the continuing fault lines of the racial divide that runs all across our nation". -- p. 14-15.
- Statement produced in response to the 7 April 2001 shooting of Timothy Thomas, a 19-year old black man, by a white policeman in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Series
- Forward Movement ; 1629
- Subjects
- Racism - United States
- Racism - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- African Americans - Civil rights - History
- Prisons - United States
- Criminal justice, Administration of - United States
- Racial profling in law enforcement - United States
- Prison administration - United States
- Prisons and race relations - United States
- Call Number
- BX 5800 F67 no. 1629
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)