Nat Turner
Has the time come for America to atone for its original sin?
By Paul O'Donnell — July 29, 2019
(RNS) — In one of the most significant developments in religious history, slaves cast aside passivity and servitude using a biblical story that is central to Jewish worship. It's time for America to complete that story with atonement in the public square.
Nat Turner: A rebel and a man of faith
By Adelle M. Banks — October 6, 2016
(RNS) Nat Turner believed the world as he knew it was coming to an end.
New Smithsonian museum features stories of African-American faith
By Adelle M. Banks — September 1, 2016
(RNS) 'There is no way you can ... understand the African-American journey without understanding the very real role faith played in its history,' said a museum official.
Faithful Viewer: Biopic about black preacher is toast of Sundance
By Kimberly Winston — January 27, 2016
(RNS) "The Birth of a Nation," a biopic about the 19th-century black preacher, slave and revolutionary Nat Turner, was picked up by Fox Searchlight Pictures for a record $17.5 million on Tuesday (Jan. 26).
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