A day before Donald Trump’s inauguration and the same day that—thousands of miles away— hostages were released in Gaza, the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco pulled out all the stops to honor the memory and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was January 19, 2025, a day to remember for many days to come. There were sermons and songsful, music on a piano, an organ, and a guitar and praying, too. Amen and hallelujah!

At the end of the morning, a lavish buffet/banquet fed one hundred-plus worshippers who sat down together, ate and talked and laughed and shared personal histories. There was no BBQ but there were salads, pastas, and fried chicken, and tea and coffee and desserts.

Side-by-side, at round tables with linen napkins, there were whites and Blacks, men and women, children and their parents, Jews and gentiles, locals and out-of-towners, Americans born and........

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