Our featured speakers today are Dr. Robert Lloyd and Dr. Terriel Byrd. Dr. Byrd serves as Director of Evening Ministries Program at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He has served as workshop facilitator for the Cultural Sensitivity Seminar in Jacksonville, Florida, and was a member of the strategic planning committee meeting for the African-American church division of the Florida Baptist Convention. He is 2012-2013 president of the African American Caucus                      of the Academy of Homiletics of North America. Dr. Byrd published extensively with the Baptist Press. He has published the History of the Union Baptist Church now archived at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library, and has contributed to the Preaching God’s Transforming Justice: A Lectionary Commentary series in 2011-2013. His first full length book, "I Shall Not Be Moved" was an international bestseller. His second book, "By This Shall We Be Known: Interpreting the Voice and Message of Dr. King," was released in October, 2011. Dr. Byrd was recognized in Marquis 2011 Who’s Who in America, and the 2004-2005 "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," honoring the nation's most respected teachers. In 2007, he received the Charles and Hazel Corts Award for Outstanding Teaching. In this episode, Dr. Lloyd and Dr. Byrd will discuss race in American society and ways to seek further understanding and connection as citizens. 

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