Racial Reconciliation in the Deep South

November 21, 2009 | Vicksburg, Mississippi | Vetting explained

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Racial Reconciliation in the Deep South

By NEAL MOORE

Vicksburg, Mississippi (CNN iReport)

I joined a number of white and black ministers on my stop in Vicksburg, Mississippi for their special monthly breakfast sponsored by Mission Mississippi. Their goal: To cross racial and denominational lines by building relationships one by one.

Interviewed in this piece are:

Rev. Reginald Walker, Word of Faith Church, Vicksburg, MS

Dan Hall, Special Advisor, Mission Mississippi, Jackson, MS

Rev. Chan Osborn de Anaya, Christ Episcopal Church, Vicksburg, MS

Rev. Randall Burge, New Christian Fellowship, Port Gibson, MS

Vickar Margaret Ayers, St. James Church, Port Gibson, MS

Rev. Lister Bowdoin, Bovina United Methodist Church, Bovina, MS

Rev. Linda Sweezer, House of Peace, Vicksburg, MS

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