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We Are Charleston

By: Herb Edward Frazier, Bernard Powers, Marjory Wentworth
Narrated by: Barry Scott
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We Are Charleston not only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement.

On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, 21-year-old Dylan Roof, a white supremacist, was charged with their murders. Two days after the shooting, while Roof's court hearing was held on videoconference, the families of his nine victims, one by one, appeared on the screen - forgiving the killer. The "Emanuel Nine" set a profound example for their families, their city, their nation, and indeed the world. 

We Are Charleston not only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, the triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel AME church and the wider denominational movement. In many ways this church's story is America's story - the oldest AME church in the Deep South fighting for freedom and civil rights but also fighting for grace and understanding. Fighting to transcend bigotry, fraud, hatred, racism, poverty, and misery. The shootings in June 2015 opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates Southern institutions and remains part of American society. 

We Are Charleston tells the story of a people, continually beaten down, who seem to continually triumph over the worst adversity. Exploring the storied history of the AME Church may be a way of explaining the price and power of forgiveness, a way of revealing God's mercy in the midst of tremendous pain.

©2016 Herb Frazier, Bernard Edward Powers Jr., and Marjory Wentworth (P)2016 Thomas Nelson Publishers

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