Word: billye
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Billy's first stop was Dothan (pop. 36,753), a southern Alabama black belt farming center where his brother-in-law is pastor of a Presbyterian church. From there he would move on to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, mostly Negro Tuskegee Institute, and Auburn University. Cancelling a...
Integrated Crusades. Billy has often been accused of ignoring segregation, but it is a charge that does not bear scrutiny. Since 1950, he has refused to speak before segregated audiences, and has quietly integrated his own staff; one of his 14 associate evangelists, the Rev. Howard Jones of Ohio, is...
Civil rights advocates among the clergy who prefer picket lines to preaching are skeptical about the worth of Billy's Southern crusade. "I think my ministry is a little bit different from marching," answers Billy, who believes that the church must cleanse itself before attacking secular ills. "I'...
Under the Cross. In private conversations with Southern civic leaders after his sermons, Billy expects to "say plenty" about the need for racial understanding in the South. Onstage, however, he intends to heal, not harangue, offer the message of the Gospel on race in beyond-the-battle terms. "I believe...
Graham's critics argue that the sense of spiritual brotherhood he creates often lasts no longer than the memory of his sermon. In answer, Billy argues that a true conversion to Christ inevitably affects man's racial attitude. Moreover, he believes that his kind of preaching may have...