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February 27, 1985 - Image 11

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Michigan Citizen, 1985-02-27

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- Shiloh
11 Road. It,
a Sunday
living room
of Leona Spencer. e first
ary Minnie Bole •
In 1945 the church rno ed
into a tent, there the church
founded with Rev. Caley,
Re . Talbert, and Rev. Buckley
d Rev. Young, they started
getting money for property
hich th Y bought for a small
o t from Vernon Reed. r.
Engman built the b mente
Shiloh d nice under the
ership of Rev. Young until
d . Young mo ed to
. g. The next p or
Rev. Lar en until he re igned.
The members at the time were
PeM>' Steven Hilliard- atkins,
Leona Spencer, . Goodwin,
Amin Harris, . White,
organ, Vernon Reed, and the
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F a. 27 - ARCH 5, 1985 THE CITIZE

tory of pr_ogre.ss
children. Then the next pastor
as Rev, Ro. r. and rs.
Ed (papa) ite don ted tile
first piano 0 the church. rs,
Lyons ould play henever
they would have a program.
Rev. Ro had to give up pas­
toring due to illne .
The next pastor w Rev.
Ro. Under Re . Rose the.
membership au-e. Durin his
,
tay Shiloh obtained a church
bell that rang through out the
community every Sunday morn­
ing to signal the time for Sunday
School. It rung rno of the
time by Bro. Willie Evans.
The fint choir and U er
Board wa organized under Rev.
Ro. After the first drive
for choir robe and the first
major church disagreement
The effects of the civil right movement continue to rever­
berate throughout America today. Even tho too young to
remember have been touched by th truggle for racial equality.
Jam F rmer, author of LAy Bare The Heart: An Autobio­
grpphy of the Civil Rights Movement, w at the center of the
sfruggle. He i the founder of CORE (Congre of Racial Equal­
ity and' the sole urviving member of the movement's "Big
Four" (the other three being artin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wil­
kins and Whitney Young). Hi w one of the pre-eminent
voice of righ -consciou America during the sixtie .
LA Bare The Heart is Jame Fanner's unflinching account
of the evolution, and ultimate di integration, of the civil rights
movement. Fanner' de ire' to t the record straight, and
he spare no one - least of all himself - in recounting the in­
fighting and betrayals that led to the movement's demise. He
vividly describe the 't-ins, rallie and m rche , the boycotts,
the jail terms the death
thre ts and assassination
attempts - all the dangers
and rewards of being on
the "cutting edge" of the
battle for civil rights. in
ddition, Farmer's encoun­
ters with Jac and Bobby r
Kennedy, L.BJ., Malcolm
X and many other major
figures help clarify their
roles in the civil rights
story.
Inte oven with his ac­
count of the movement
i Fanner' personal ody -
y. Growing up in the
south and, later, race
relatio cretary for the
Fellow 'p of Reconcilia-
tion (FOR), Farmer en­
countered bigotry in all pects of American society - education,
housing, he church, the military. He dedicated hi life to the
elimination of racism and, in pired by Gandhi, employed the con­
cept of nonviolent direct action again t discrimination, which
became the idelogical b . of the rights movement. Farmer put
this concept into practice immediately after founding CORE,
with the fir t sit-in at an all- hite restaurant in 1942. Despite
tbac and conflict within th organization, he and others
arranged ucce ful prot ts 11 aero the country in the form of
sit-ins at lunch counter, tand-ins in cafeterai line ,ride-in in
non-Jlm-Cro coache on trains and in front at of buses, and
so on. There were arrests, bail-out , rearre ts nd often violent
reaction to the cau ; yet it continued to gather momentum.
Th 19605 w perhap the most dramatic form of peaceful
prote t - the "Freedom Rides" into the deep outh. Fanner,
a constant driving force, was there e ery tep of the ay. \
Lay Bare The Heart tands as a tribute to the thou and of
people, Blac and white who actively worked for racial equality
gain po erful oPPO ition during a turbulent period in ur
. ory. It' an unforgettable per nal account of the movement
that forever changed the face of America.
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he re' gned and th church
organized strong de con bo rd.
In 195 I Rev. A.T. illiarns
was elected p or.
Fourth Sunday nights as
always Youth night. The teen­
a ers introduced the Echo of
Shiloh on one of tho pro­
grams. They felt they had to
be the be becau if we Echoed
the Senior and Junior choir
we had to be better becau
they were both ood. That
group is now the Inspirational
Choir and till the best not
only in our church but the city.
The fir t pre 'dent w Pe�y
(Stevens) Hilliard-Watkin. rs.
Lyon started a block drive in
arine Cp. SCOTI L. HOLT,
who e wife Tina, is the d ughter
of Mr. and Mr. Kenith Grif­
fith of Route 2, Miami A .,
South Haven, MI, h een
promoted to hi pre sen t rank
while rving at arin Corp
Helicopter Air Station, Tu tin,
CA.
A 1981 graduate of L.C.
ohr High School, South Haven,
MI, he joined the Marine Corp
in ovember 1981.
Revesto avy
avy Petty Officer 2nd Cia
RICKY L. REVES, on of
Cleo L. Reves of Benton Harbor,
MI. recently reported for duty at
aval Air Station, Dalla .
A 1972 graduate of Benton
Harbor High School, he joined
the avy in June 1972.
SUNDA¥2p
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Fa rpla au
B.C.D.C. Cnty Comm.
PAGE ELEVEN
1952 and we each p id 10 cent
bloc each child that parti­
cip ted. The teen paid SO cents
per Sunday and adult $1.00.
The buildin w rebuilt by the
hand of our beloved pastor
Rev. A.T. Williams.
He worked on the church
after he orked eight hours
at Contiential Motor. Then
h would t ke time off from
his job to wor alon on the
church. He ould carry bloc
and motar up and down all by
himself. But the men of our
church also pitched in and gave
rvice when they could. The
women pitched in and fixed
meals for th men. "Thi com­
munity and members and pastor
worked together' to build the
Sancturary we h e today at
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