Black Wholeness Through The Prophetic Lens

Phil Allen Jr.

In his book, The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier, Phil Allen Jr. examines the history & the future of Black wholeness in the USA, especially the ways in which people of color have been made invisible, & how their power is being reclaimed through open eyes & lenses. Phil's first book was Open Wounds, also rendered as a documentary film. Phil is an author, poet, storyteller, & theologian, and he is the founder of the Racial Solidarity Project and he is a Ph.D. student in Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Past/present religious/spiritual influences: AME (African Methodist Episcopal), Atheist, Charismatic, Pentecostal

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Black Wholeness Through The Prophetic Lens
Full, Uncut Interview with Phil Allen Jr.
Racism & Freeing Mike Burden From the KKK
Mark shares a bit of his family history with racism, & Phil talks about how Mike Burden was freed from the KKK
Racism in North Carolina & Wisconsin
Phil & Mark talk about their first-hand experiences of racism in their respective states and families.
Phil Allen Jr.
Racial Solidarity Project
Racism
Open Wounds
The Prophetic Lens
Darnella Frazier
MLK
Martin Luther King Jr.
Discrimination
Whiteness
White Supremacy
Mike Burden
Malcolm X
George Floyd
Spike Lee
Oscar Micheaux
Paul Robeson

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