Who Are Justice Sundays Ministers of Minstrelsy?
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. James Farmer, and others… are known to have left-wing associations. It is very obvious that the Communists, as they do in all parts of the world, are taking advantage of a tense situation in our land, and are exploiting every incident to bring about violence and bloodshed.” –Scheduled Justice Sunday III speaker Rev. Jerry Falwell “I want to boldly affirm Uncle Tom. The black community must stop criticizing Uncle Tom. He is a role model.” –Scheduled Justice Sunday III speaker Rev. Wellington Boone Christian right leaders love to invoke the legacy of the civil rights movement in their struggle to undo it. During Justice Sunday II, born-again Watergate felon Chuck Colson declared that the Christian right was doing nothing but “giving voice” to Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy. Later in the evening, the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue told the nearly all-white, Southern Baptist audience, “Now we’re in the back of the bus.” For Family Research Council
