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Most Black Adults Say Race Is Central to Their Identity and Feel Connected to a Broader Black Community

By Amanda Barroso — 2020

Black adults are more likely than other groups to see their race or ethnicity as central to their identity

Read on www.pewresearch.org

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With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman was a unique man—a black minister, philosopher, and educator whose vitality and vision touched the lives of countless people of all races, faiths, and cultures.

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Howard Thurman
1981
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Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding

A timely and important compilation of first-person accounts by black men—including some famous like Russell Simmons, Rev.

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Ben Jealous (editor), Trabian Shorters (editor), Russell Simmons (foreword)
2025
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DIY Community Building: Leading with Authenticity, Heart, and Hustle | Heidi Demars | TEDxGrandForks

What if we applied the DIY concept to community building? Going out and creating change by being ourselves, trusting ourselves, and doing it ourselves. Not alone of course, but not waiting for a perfect set of circumstances to begin.

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2016
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James Cone and Taylor Branch on MLK’s Fight for Economic Equality

Theologian James Cone and Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Taylor Branch join Bill to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of economic justice in addition to racial equality, and why so little has changed for America’s most oppressed.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
2013
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Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare

This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African-American leaders of this century. While Martin Luther King, Jr., saw America as essentially a dream . . . as yet unfulfilled, Malcolm X viewed America as a realized nightmare.

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James H. Cone
2012
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David Wolpe on Leadership, Religion, and Identity | Conversations with Tyler

Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy,...

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David J. Wolpe
2017
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Passive-Aggressive Behavior & Conflict

Passive-aggressive people: Could you be one of them? Passive-aggressive people don't get mad, they get even. When conflict triggers an emotional response, the passive-aggressive pattern is for revenge, by some form of sabotage.

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2011
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The Power of Stories: A Guide for Leading Multi-Racial and Multi-Cultural Congregations

Most congregational leaders find it difficult to resist the dominant cultural expectation that different cultural and ethnic groups should stick to themselves -- especially when it comes to church.

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Jacqui Lewis
2008
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Connect and Lead, How We Create Community - Kathy Coffey - TEDxSnoIsleLibraries

How can we build community? Where do we begin? Kathy Coffey, executive director of Leadership Snohomish County, has found community in places as conventional as a church and as unorthodox as a mafia bar.

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2017
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Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community

How can we connect our personal spiritual journeys with the larger course of our shared human experience? How do we compassionately and wisely navigate belonging and exclusion in our own hearts? And how can we embrace diverse identities and experiences within our spiritual communities, building...

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Larry Yang, Jan Willis (foreword), Sylvia Boorstein (foreword)
2017
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