The chances seem remote that Jesus of Nazareth was a fair-haired button-nose-blondie, so pink of cheek, with eyes of blue – yet, time and again, this was the manner in which he was rendered by the Christians of the Gilded Age.
When the African-American magazine The Crises began to run illustrated advertisements depicting Christ as anything but a WASP you better believe there were some letters addressed to their editors on that issue. The attached article was their response to these outraged readers.
Click here to read about the prophetic aspects of Psalm 22.
Black JesusAfrican JesusCaucasian JesusSkin Color of Jesus ChristGold Solidus Justinian 2Justinianus Serv ChristsDominus Noster Jesus ChristiEmperor Justinian Servant of ChristIllustrations of Jesus Christ Depicted as a Black ManIllustrations of Jesus Christ Depicted as AfricanIllustrations of Jesus Christ Depicted as a NegroMulti-Culti JesusJesus Depicted on Roman CoinRoman Coin Anecdote 1914
Black JesusAfrican JesusCaucasian JesusSkin Color of Jesus ChristGold Solidus Justinian 2Justinianus Serv ChristsDominus Noster Jesus ChristiEmperor Justinian Servant of ChristIllustrations of Jesus Christ Depicted as a Black ManIllustrations of Jesus Christ Depicted as AfricanIllustrations of Jesus Christ Depicted as a NegroMulti-Culti JesusJesus Depicted on Roman CoinRoman Coin Anecdote 1914
