[Episcopal News Service – Jackson, Mississippi] Annette Buchanan, president of the Union of Black Episcopalians, discusses her hopes for the future of America and the importance of “Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America,” a two-day gathering sponsored by the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Mississippi at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Jackson. Buchanan is from the Diocese of New Jersey.

– The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg is an editor/reporter for the Episcopal News Service.