February 8, 2022 Stories

‘Floating Freedom School’: Historic black pastor leaves legacy of liberty, education in Missouri

When in 1847 the Missouri legislature passed an act forbidding “the instruction of negroes or mulattoes, in reading or writing” within the state, one Baptist pastor was determined to do something about it.

Media outrage explodes over governor’s ‘Christian values’ statement

Say something that the liberal news media dislikes and a piranha-like frenzy commences. Take, for example, words articulated by Gov. Mike Parson: “Missourians know that I share these beliefs and would not have nominated someone who does not share the same Christian values.”

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