Hospitality, July 2003, vol. 22, no. 7 One Ignatius Wallace is a friend of mine. We’ve been members of Concerned Black Clergy for more than the past decade. Last week, this Black man leaned against the wall at our MARTA Five Points train station. The Police were quickly at his side, [...]
February 1, 2000 – 9:36 pm
Hospitality vol. 19, no. 2 Jesse caught his foot under the green dumpster and fell before he could zip up his pants. His right hand hit hard the broken vodka bottle and slashed his palm like a slice of rare roast beef for Sunday dinner. The man in blue swung around the corner [...]
February 1, 1998 – 6:39 pm
Hospitality vol. 17, no. 2 1 Some traditions die hard. The making of one’s livelihood by catching people on the run is one of those traditions. Slave catching was a profession sanctioned by the U.S. Government that led to terrible abuse in one of the most depraved social systems in human history: America’s [...]
November 1, 1996 – 10:34 pm
Hospitality Vol.15, no.11 We were just sitting there listening to Ron Jackson tell his story of struggle and triumph as a Black man in America when eleven of us were arrested. Although no one in our group knew what time it was, the arresting officer told us, later, that it was 11:52 p.m. [...]
Hospitality, vol . 12. no. 7 Central to the Christian life is sabbath rest: The Lord says, “If you treat the Sabbath as sacred and do not pursue your own interests on that day; if you value my holy day and honor it by not traveling, working, or talking idly on that day, then you [...]
Hospitality vol.9, no.5 Atlanta, Georgia has on most days and nights 11,374 homeless men, women, boys and girls. The solutions for this terrible sin and capitalism’s most flagrant failure are: (1) affordable housing, (2) a living wage plus benefits for all workers including part-time and temporary, (3) free housing for those who cannot work, [...]
