The Veterans of Hope Blog

About the Sermon — “Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence” The “Beyond Vietnam” sermon was drafted by historian and activist Vincent Gordon Harding.  Vincent Harding and his first wife, Rosemarie, were friends and colleagues of Ma...

• 0
• Share

The April 5, 2023 edition of Black Agenda Report features an open letter by my father first published in 1969 in “Negro Digest” — a monthly magazine of Black literature and scholarship published by Johnson Publications (home of “Eb...

• 0
• Share

Joanna Shenk, a writer, activist and minister, has published an extended interview with Vincent Harding focussed on his experiences with the Mennonite Church, during and after the time he and Rosemarie were representatives of the Mennonites to the south...

• 0
• Share

On May 17, students, faculty and alumni from the Iliff School of Theology gathered to remember and celebrate the lives and spirit of our co-founders, Vincent and Rosemarie Freeney Harding, in honor of the third anniversary of Vincent’s passing. �...

• 0
• Share

Vincent and Rosemarie Harding were among a generation of scholar-activists powerfully committed to the liberation of Black people and to the transformation of U.S. society toward a more just, equitable, and compassionate multiracial democracy.   On Octo...

• 0
• Share

  In 1964, Rosemarie and Vincent Harding, spent some time in eastern Europe, traveling for the Mennonite Central Committee, sharing insights on theological and social issues from their experience in the Black Freedom movement in the South (civil righ...

• 0
• Share

Interview with local Denver activist-minister Anne Dunlap – who talks about her family and Vincent Harding as inspirations for her racial justice work. Read More

• 0
• Share

In the aftermath of the presidential election last week, the radio show On Being is re-broadcasting an interview with Vincent Harding from a few years ago.  The title of the program, “Is America Possible?” comes from a long essay by Vincent f...

• 0
• Share

A new reprint of Vincent Harding’s 2007 essay.  The text continues in the trajectory of Harding’s earlier work — especially Hope and History, the book he wrote as a companion to the great Blackside/PBS series on the Southern Freedom M...

• 0
• Share

Today I am honoring my daddy, Vincent Harding, who passed into glory on this day, five years ago – May 19, 2014. When I think about my daddy and my mama, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, at this juncture of my life, what comes most strongly to my mind is ...

• 1
• Share