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White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.

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White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.

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About James A. Forbes

James Alexander Forbes, Jr. is the Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church, an interdenominational (American Baptist and United Church of Christ) church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. He was the first African American minister to lead this multicultural congregation, and served it for 18 years.