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Historian Jeanne Theoharis joins us for an in-depth discussion about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, a major reexamination of his ...
Richard Reddie shares his reflections on the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and if change is realistic ...
(WMC) - Tuesday morning, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) held a press conference outside of Clayborn ... Temple which was our shelter as they threw tear gas into the church.” Kyles ...
I speak Black Church. That is my mother tongue. It is the language I learned at the feet of my grandmother, church mothers, and elders. It is the language I learned in the storefront church of my ...
Black dandyism uses bold colors ... From the Beck-Met Gala to the Pre-Prom Stop and Sunday church pews, these expressive looks aren’t just bold fashion statements. They’re heritage, artistry ...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., VISITS TO CLEVELAND, which occurred frequently during his career as a civil-rights leader in the 1960s, raised funds for organizations such as the Southern Christian ...
In February, after the Proud Boys didn’t pay, the court gave the church use of the group’s name and symbols — seen on its black-and-yellow gear and laurel wreath logo. The church can seize ...
this trend is likely to grow and deepen Black America's schism with the Black church. Black Churches—and Democratic politicians alike—will need to adjust to these nuances to maintain a ...
the nation’s first Black-owned and Black-directed radio station. But its most famous tenant came in 1957, when King brought the SCLC there, establishing an organizational presence in the heart ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Andrew Young - civil rights giant, Georgia’s first Black congressional representative in more than a century, former United Nations Ambassador, and 53rd mayor ...
In 1970, Young resigned from the SCLC and ran for the U.S. House in downtown Atlanta’s fifth congressional district. He called for a New South Coalition, which he described as “black votes, liberal ...
said Norman Edwards, president of the Black Contractors Group ... Theophilus Caviness, senior pastor of The Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Glenville, a member of SCLC’s national board and head of ...