Russ Bynum
Russ Bynum is an author at Religion News Service.
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Savannah plans a supersized 200th anniversary celebration of its beloved St. Patrick’s Day parade
By Russ Bynum — March 14, 2024
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Over the past two centuries, St. Patrick's Day in Savannah has morphed into perhaps the South's biggest street party between Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Florida's raucous spring break.
Pastor urges sadness, not rage, after white shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida
By Russ Bynum and Aaron Morrison — August 29, 2023
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The latest in a long history of American racist killings was at the forefront of Sunday services at St. Paul AME Church, about 3 miles from the crime scene.
Attorney: No more `Black pastors’ in court for Arbery case
By Russ Bynum — November 12, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — An attorney for one of the white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told the judge Thursday he doesn’t want “any more Black pastors” in the courtroom after the Rev. Al Sharpton sat with the slain man’s family. Kevin Gough represents William “Roddie” Bryan, who along with father […]
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