Tag: Martin Luther King Jr.

Specifically omitted from popular memory are some of the more “radical” elements of King’s message...

Opinion: This MLK Day, white evangelicals again have a choice to make on racial justice

by: Paul O’Donnell (Jemar Tisby) Jan. 18, 2021 (RNS) — As we have remembered Martin Luther King Jr. and his contributions to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and Read More

He (Donald Trump) in many ways became the face of white evangelicalism.

Opinion: Evangelical Christians once were saved. After Trump, they’re lost.

by: Paul O’Donnell (Michael O. Emerson, Joel Edward Goza) Nov. 24, 2020 (RNS) — For reasons that have to do with our reading of the Bible, the both of us moved Read More

During his studies at American Baptist Theological Seminary, now American Baptist College (ABC), he learned the principles of nonviolent protest...

John Lewis remembered as humble leader who loved friends and enemies

by Diana Chandler NASHVILLE, July 20, 2020 (BP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, an ordained preacher who studied theology at a college co-founded by the Southern Baptist Convention,Read More

“The Rev. C.T. Vivian was a stalwart activist on the march toward racial equality,’’ says the White House citation read before President Barack Obama bestowed the medal on Vivian.

Rev. C.T. Vivian, longtime civil rights activist, dies at 95

by: Adelle M. Banks July 17, 2020 (RNS) — The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a minister and advocate for civil rights who worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Read More

That announcement prompted tweeted prayers from luminaries ranging from the Revs. Al Sharpton and William Barber II to Fox Business News anchor Lou Dobbs to former President Barack Obama.