Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham will host a racial reconciliation conference titled “Black and White in America: How Deep the Divide?” on March 3–4.
Chairing the conference will be Birmingham Mayor William Bell, Bishop Robert J. Baker of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham and Beeson’s Dean Timothy George.
“In the wake of recent racial turmoil in our country and having experienced much anguish over racial issues in our city of Birmingham, we want to offer a possible pathway to dialogue and harmony for the future,” the chairs said.
Conference speakers will include Bell; Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., of Charleston, South Carolina; Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange; Edward K. Braxton, Catholic bishop of Belleville, Illinois; Wayne Flynt, professor emeritus of Auburn University; Carolyn Maull McKinstry, Birmingham author; and Anthony Obinna, Catholic archbishop of Owerri, Nigeria.
There also will be two panels featuring civil and political leaders.
The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. on March 3 and conclude at noon on March 4.
To register, visit www.birminghamblackandwhite.com by Feb. 15.
(Beeson, TAB)
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