‘Just Like Selma’ Hymn Project Aims to Help Churches Recall King, Mark Black History Month
The new song’s composer thought it could be a way to again hear from Black churches, collectively, about civil rights.
At Labor Prayer Service, Alveda King Tells Government Employees to Work (Without Complaining) or Don’t Eat
Amid an internal investigation into Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the Department of Labor held its second monthly worship service featuring the rightwing anti-abortion activist niece of MLK.
Renee Good Was a Martyr for Her Faith, Like MLK, Say Presbyterians
The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness, part of the Presbyterian Church (USA), says Good is part of ‘a sacred lineage of faithful witnesses who have risked and lost their lives in defense of human dignity.’
When ‘Evangelical’ Functions as Powerful Brand Instead of Theological Marker
While some scholars argue over which theological positions to include in a definition of “evangelical,” religious studies professor William Stell finds such “belief-based models” too vague and problematic.
‘Dean of African American Church Music’ James Abbington Dies at 65 After Duke Appointment
‘I grieve for his family, friends, and our Divinity community,” said Edgardo Colón-Emeric, dean of Duke Divinity School, where Abbington had planned to teach in the fall.
Trump Administration Releases FBI Records on MLK Jr. Despite His Family’s Opposition
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which King co-founded, also opposed the release since the FBI illegally surveilled civil rights figures in the hopes of discrediting them and their movement.
An Interfaith Group’s 1950s MLK Comic Book Remains a Prominent Nonviolence Teaching Tool
‘You have done a marvelous job of grasping the underlying truth and philosophy of the movement,’ the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote to the creator of a comic book about civil rights.
Fire at Historic Black Church in Memphis Was Intentionally Set, Investigators Say
The fire severely damaged Clayborn Temple, which served as the headquarters for the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike that brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the city.
At King Day Rally, Sharpton Leads Oath To Support DEI As Trump Opposes It
‘I will defend equality for all, diversity, equality, inclusion, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration rights,’ a crowd recited at a rally.
King Day and Inauguration Day Confluence Sparks Plans for Rallies, Prayer, Hospitality
‘We’ll be taking attendance on who’s afraid — of dream busters or who stands with the dreamer — on Martin Luther King federal holiday,’ Rev. Al Sharpton said ahead of a planned rally.