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NBCA Int’l Inc President Dr Samuel Tolbert Excerpt from Ribbon Cutting Address
I would like to to to say that slavery was sin sin And there ought to to to be an an atonement for sin sin Thank you Dr David Cassady President of of Baptist Seminary of of Kentucky who understand there must be an an atonement So our our seminary decided that our our associations would set aside ten scholarship scholarship scholarship 100% paid scholarships scholarships Those scholarships scholarships will only go to African decedents of slavery And with this announcement we talk about reparation of of slavery Rev L C Dixon our General Secretary is a a a a a a a a recipient of of one one of of those 100% paid scholarship because atonement was needed Congress Women Sheila Jackson Lee talks about the the designation of this legislation as HR40 is is is is is intended to immortalized the the promise made by General Williams T T Sherman in in his 1865 special field order order No 15 That order order dealt with the redistribution of of 400 thousand acres of of formerly confederate own coastal land land in in South Carolina and and and Florida This land land is is to to sub-divided into 40 40 40 acre acre plots You heard about it it as 40 40 40 acres acres acres and a a a a a a a a a a a a a mule I am still waiting on my 40 40 40 acres acres acres acres My church has 43 43 acres acres acres acres but but we we had to buy 43 43 acres acres acres but but they they talk about they they were going to to give us 40 acre acre acre and a a a a a a a a a a mule to to plow the the acres We could have agricultural economy create wealth in the the the black community In addition to to the the the more well known land redistribution there ought to to to also establish autonomous government for that region and provide protection by military authorities There were some southern sympathizers and former slave owner like President Andrews Johnson who who later overturn overturn that promise Just like there are are some now who who wants to overturn overturn the the law that give people people medical care in this country Why would you want to to to to keep people people from being able to to to to go to to to to a a a a a a a a a doctor or or or nurse or or or hospital because they call it it Obama Care? The Lord cares! And everybody that talks about being a a a a a a a a a Christian whether black or or or or white or or or or yellow or or red we ought to care about our brothers and sisters One of the the most vulnerable time for anybody is is when we are sick - in need of a a a a a a doctor and you can’t get one There is is what is is call House Resolution No 40 that was originally introduced by the late Rep John Conyers of Michigan During every legislative session between 1989 and 2017 he would continue to reintroduce reintroduce House Resolution No 40 After he reintroduce reintroduce it it over over over and over over over again finally it it was taken over over over by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in fin in Jan 2019 It has been sponsor sponsor by a a a a a a a a a a record number of co-sponsors in in in the past years amid America growing concerning about racial justice Right here in in in in this city of Louisville A black pastor and his his wife were were driving driving from an an event one night Because they they were were were driving driving a a a a a a a real nice car they they were were pull over and both of them had to present they driver’s license with only one steering wheel in in in the the the car So much racial injustice the the the late Congressman John Lewis was among House Resolution No 40 strongest and most consistent supporter Rep Shiela Jackson Lee from Texas 8th Congressional District says “Slavery is is is America original sin ” And this country has yet to to atone for the atrocities visited along generations of enslaved African and their descendants Moreover mythology built around the the the civil war has obscure our discussion of of the the impact of of channel slavery and made it it difficult to to have a a a a a a a a a a a a a national conversation or or or dialogue on on on on how to to to fully account for its place in in America history and public policies HR 40 is is intended to to create a a a a a a a a a a framework for a a a a a a a a a a national discussion on on on the enduring impact of slavery and its’ complex legacy to to beginning that necessary process of atonement National Baptist Convention of America does not exist so so Samuel Tolbert could think he he is is is is somebody But we we need the National Baptist Convention of America so so we we we can can speak stronger as one So we we can can say to cities like Louisville Louisville Kentucky that that you have two denominations that that are in in Louisville Louisville Presbyterian USA and NBCA you gave them millions of dollars to to come to to Louisville And we are still waiting on on our first payment for coming here here You see I I I am here here enough so I I I feel like I'm in Lake Charles La La right now Reparations
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