Enshrined in the National African American History Museum in Washington, DC, are words by Archbishop Iakovos who was the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in America from 1959-1996. He was well known for his support of racial equality and civil rights.
He was a visible presence with Martin Luther King in America. By his life he indicated the importance of living the Gospel by supporting human rights. For many migrants who brought with them their Orthodox faith to the American shores, they were looking exactly for civil and human rights, and some suffered rejection by those who saw this “foreign invasion” as endangering American society. We all have benefited from those who have fought for the rights of minorities. Besides the National African American Museum in Washington, DC, I would highly recommend to all the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH. These museums do present us with our history as Americans – and the ongoing efforts to keep us all free.
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My grandmother shared with me a wonderful story of MLK coming to her house to discuss a work training program for my uncles. He was in town visiting the University of Dayton and trying to get training programs funded for impoverished youth in Dayton, regardless of their skin color. All three of my uncles went into the program, two of them ended up opening up a tool and die shop in Alabama. The third worked for McDonnell Douglas in Arizona. Human rights and race equality were important values in my family.