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    Racial Reconciliation in the Deep South

    By nealmoore  |  Posted November 21, 2009  |  Vicksburg, Mississippi
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     nealmoore has been traveling down the Mississippi River, documenting economic times and the local people. Check out his latest stop.
    - zdan, CNN iReport producer

    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

    Follow the journey…

    Blog: http://www.flashriversafari.com

    Foundation: http://www.creativevisions.org

    iReport: http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=321427

    Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mooreneal



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