Samuel London’s book is a historical analysis of the Adventist church’s stance towards social activism and the resulting effects of both decentralized attempts at promoting civil rights for African-Americans and the general tendency to refuse involvement in social justice. The first part documents the “Origins and Development of Nonparticipa
On Sabbath, March 16, 1901, Ellen White addressed an Adventist congregation in Vicksburg, Mississippi where her son, Edson White, had on two occasions nearly been run out of town by segregationists. She was there to view for herself the progress of “the colored work” he was spearheading and would help dedicate a new Adventist meeting house the foll
