Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
A Rizpah Response II, 2 Samuel 21:1-14
March 25, 2012
Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
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This DVD contains a recording by the Alfred Street Baptist Church of the sermon "A Rizpah Response II, 2 Samuel 21:1-14" given by Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley at the Alexandria, Virginia, church on March 25, 2012. The silver disc has black text printed on the front side with information about the video recorded on it and the complete contact information for the church. In the video Wesley stands at the wooden pulpit on a stage with a choir behind him in rows of wooden pews. He is flanked by women and men who sit behind the pulpit. Wesley wears the black Howard University hoodie 2013.159.1. The subject of the sermon is the story of Rizpah from 2 Samuel 21, which Wesley relates to the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.
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Catalog reference: 2013.159.2
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