Cone uses the language about God reveals the lynching tree as a metaphor for the crucifixion of African American Christ figures. According to James H. Cone's “The Cross and the Lynching Tree,” Jesus was black . James established the parallel between the crucifixion of Christ and the lynching of Black Americans. This points the way to the reclaim presence of God and to Martin Luther King Jr.’s hopes for a loving community. My response to Cone statement “God is black” he demonstrates that Jesus was black. Therefore, for that reason, he is black because he was a Jewish. In addition, his assertion of the Black Christ can be noted when the importance of his past Jewish culture a related dialog to the seriousness of his existence of being black
