"Everybody has an opinion about, but no one knows what they're really talking about."
He also states how religion is the phenomenal that describes the encounter with human beings. When he spoke on freedom what stuck to my mind the most is how the 20th century freedom defitinition =
Opportunity.
I agree with this statement because of how drastically times has changed from African-Americans being slaves to our current president being African- American. Of course, there is still racism going on and even racist thoughts. I believe that will take time before that just completely disappears. As far as Dr. Orton's message on Freedom it was good and was good insight from his point of view. What he stated about justice that stood out the most is how
Justice is The Concrete Manification of Freedom...
This is a very true statement. In order to have freedom, justice has to be put into play. Otherwise if people are slaves justice has not been done properly.
Towards the end of Dr. Orton's lecture he mentioned three people that were important to his topic.
Howard Thurman- First dean of Rankin Chapel and took a boat to Africa in 1963 due to his fears of airplanes.
Jarena Lee- The first African- American to write a known spirtual autobiography.
Sojourner Truth- Infamous for The Underground Railroad. She was born into slavery in upstate New York then declared her self free. She even changed her name. Sojourner gave testimony on African spirtual.
He also played a song by The O'Jays put out in 1973 called Ship Ahoy speaking on slavery. Dr. Orton had an enjoyable lecture and look forward to hearing him speak in the future.
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