Bland,

Thank you for providing this information. In Danville during 1963, two
white ministers lost their pulpits, another was severely censured by his
governing board all for being supportive of the civil rights movement in
the city. A  small order of Catholic nuns was ordered by their bishop not
to participate in street demonstrations in Danville. Not all the white
clergy in Virginia were segregationists or moral cowards--it's a story not
completely told yet.

Jim Hershman


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:47 AM, William B. Whitley <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> I pass along this account for interested readers of a commemoration of the
> "kneel-ins" that occurred in Farmville some 50 years ago.
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> http://usreligion.blogspot.com/2013/08/prince-edward-county-commemorates-50th.html#more
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> Cheers,
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> Bland Whitley
>
> Papers of Thomas Jefferson
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