Historic civil rights church to be considered for national recognition
“This was the spiritual workplace of the civil rights movement,” said the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy III, whose foundation is seeking to have the site of the historic church designated as a national...
View ArticleBlack churches are no longer ground zero for civil rights activism
(RNS) “The church is jumping in to lend its support -- not to lead it -- which is a different place from where the black church has been historically," said Baltimore pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant. The...
View ArticleThe long march from ‘Exodus’ to ‘Selma’ (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) When you strip away the costumes, mythology, and mascara-wearing Egyptians monarchs, what do you really have? “Exodus” is a film about the birth of freedom. A people demands its rights. A leader...
View ArticleRalph Abernathy: Martin Luther King Jr.’s overlooked ‘civil rights twin’
(RNS) “They used to call them the civil rights twins -- he and Dr. King,” recalled Terrie Randolph, who was Ralph Abernathy’s secretary when he became president of SCLC after King’s death. “You...
View ArticleU.S. churchgoers still sit in segregated pews, and most are OK with that
WASHINGTON (RNS) But beware, said LifeWay Research director Ed Stetzer: "If you don't like diversity, you're really not going to like heaven." The post U.S. churchgoers still sit in segregated pews,...
View ArticleThe road from Selma was paved with the blood of four unsung martyrs
(RNS) A Baptist deacon, a minister, a Unitarian laywoman and an Episcopal seminarian sacrificed their lives in connection with the Alabama voting rights protests. The post The road from Selma was paved...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Lost images of the march from Selma, 50 years later
(RNS) "We didn't know what would happen when we reached the capitol. We were singing the civil rights song, 'I Am Not Afraid,' but, yes, I was afraid." The post PHOTOS: Lost images of the march from...
View ArticleGay civil rights activist, MLK mentor Bayard Rustin to be honored
(RNS) Years before the gay rights movement gained momentum, the openly gay black activist, a Quaker, advised Martin Luther King Jr. on nonviolent protest tactics and organized the 1963 March on...
View ArticleConfederate flags placed outside MLK’s Atlanta church
ATLANTA - Authorities have images of the men placing the flags outside Ebenezer Baptist Church; they say they have not ruled out hate crime charges. The post Confederate flags placed outside MLK’s...
View ArticleKing memorial planned for Georgia’s Stone Mountain
ATLANTA (Reuters) Stone Mountain is best known for the "Confederate Mount Rushmore," a 90-ft relief sculpture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas...
View ArticleWhy we need a prophetic voice in America (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) As we pause to remember King, the prophetic voice rings out still, interrupting our petty politics to call forth a moral movement that recaptures our deepest religious and constitutional...
View ArticleThe road from Selma was paved with the blood of four unsung martyrs
(RNS) A Baptist deacon, a minister, a Unitarian laywoman and an Episcopal seminarian sacrificed their lives in connection with the Alabama voting rights protests.
View ArticlePHOTOS: Lost images of the march from Selma, 50 years later
(RNS) "We didn't know what would happen when we reached the capitol. We were singing the civil rights song, 'I Am Not Afraid,' but, yes, I was afraid."
View ArticleGay civil rights activist, MLK mentor Bayard Rustin to be honored
(RNS) Years before the gay rights movement gained momentum, the openly gay black activist, a Quaker, advised Martin Luther King Jr. on nonviolent protest tactics and organized the 1963 March on...
View ArticleConfederate flags placed outside MLK’s Atlanta church
ATLANTA - Authorities have images of the men placing the flags outside Ebenezer Baptist Church; they say they have not ruled out hate crime charges.
View ArticleKing memorial planned for Georgia’s Stone Mountain
ATLANTA (Reuters) Stone Mountain is best known for the "Confederate Mount Rushmore," a 90-ft relief sculpture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas...
View ArticleWhy we need a prophetic voice in America (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) As we pause to remember King, the prophetic voice rings out still, interrupting our petty politics to call forth a moral movement that recaptures our deepest religious and constitutional...
View Article‘Moral Mondays’ leader starts ‘moral revolution’ tour
(RNS) “Way too much of our national discourse has been poisoned by hateful language and policies,” said the Rev. William J. Barber II.
View ArticleFaith leaders ask candidates to give poor ‘living wage’
(RNS) “(T)he next President can lift millions out of poverty and secure a brighter future for all Americans,” they say.
View ArticleTo realize King’s dream, we must reject Trump’s divisive rhetoric (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) When we celebrate the legacy of King yet fail to embrace his struggle, we deprive ourselves of the spiritual and political revolution for which King lived and died.
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