James Chaney Cross
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Civil Rights CrossThis sculpture is based upon a cross that was burned on the lawn of Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi in the autumn of 1963. The students were being encouraged by Ed King, the campus minister to go into the city and to try and desegregate the churches on Sunday morning.That not only led to the arrests of the students, but also had the KKK come and burn this cross on the college lawn. Ed King gave the cross to the United Methodist who was in the process of trying to desegregate the denomination nationally. So, this cross became the symbol for the desegregation of our denomination in 1964 to 1968. It was taken to Pittsburgh at the general conference and walked around the conference hall and became the rallying point. After all of that, the cross was given to Gerald Forshe, a pastor here in Chicago, who brought it back and took it to Jack Kearney who was a very well regarded sculpture in town. Kearney took that charred wooden cross, encased it in a kind of skin of metal, so that it wouldnt disintegrate. And then placed on it, the obviously African American, distressed, truncated Christ. And so Jerry has had this sculpture for over 40 years in his own possession. But when Jerry was very ill last spring he wanted to make sure that this church received it so that it could be put on public display. And so this has been not only a gift to the church but also one that we can make available to people who can come by and know the story and know that it is not only something that referrers back to 1963, but it, but it has a great deal of power today.We had a guest over the summer who came to worship. He was a retired university administrator from Mississippi. He took a look at this and saw the figure on the cross and immediately said, That is James Cheney. James Cheney was one of the three young men who were murdered when they were trying to register voters in Mississippi in 1963, the only African American among the three. And so at least for that person, he saw in this figure, that historical moment. www.frakesproductions.com
Pittsburgh Penguins
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Tags: champions confrence crosby cup division eastern evgeni finals fleury gary gonchar leader leimeux malkin marc-andre mario penguins petr pittsburgh roberts sergi sidney stanley sykora
My tribute to the penguins and crosby
The Panther Prowl
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Tags: Backyard Big Brawl East Field football Heinz Panther Pitt Pittsburgh Prowl Virginia vs West
The traditional Panther Prowl - where Pittsburgh University football players walk through the crowd into Heinz Field prior to home football games. This scene is from before the 2008 Backyard Brawl with rival West Virginia.
Pittsburgh Panthers Football Pregame
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Tags: Band Big East Field football Heinz Marching Panthers Pitt Pittsburgh The University
Prior to the 2008 Backyard Brawl, the Pitt Marching band performs outside Heinz Field two hours prior to Pitt's matchup with rival West Virginia.
Look Out Lenny!
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Tags: BMX Pittsburgh To Welcome
You know the drill.
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