It began with "I'm sorry": Born in slavery-and, sadly, partially supportive of it- the Southern Baptist Convention comes to terms with its past with a sincere act of contrition

The Truth, Logic, and Courage Medal: A lonely soldier who fought a losing battle in America's Civil War II, a war of ideas, now hopes it's not too late to extinguish the racial fires

Beyond race, toward a new America: This nation has come to terms with its past, and become a truly multiracial, multiethnic melting pot, brimming with optimism, wealth, and opportunity

If this was so easy to do, why hadn't I done it before?

Rising to the challenge: How economic change and cultural renewal-amid personal pain and travail-brought a race-riven nation together

Racial hatred remains: Racism is not about ignorance; it is about sin, the same one that started in the Garden with the first parents of our (human) race.