Equal Justice Initiative

Montgomery, Ala., churches part of city’s 200-year history of slavery, civil rights

By Adelle M. Banks — August 1, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (RNS) — 'It is the cradle of the Confederacy and the birthplace of the modern civil rights movement,' said a local church historian.

Religious leaders mark centennial of S.C. lynching

By Adelle M. Banks — October 21, 2016
(RNS) Representatives of seminaries, church councils and Presbyterian and Lutheran denominations plan to make the trek to the remote town where Anthony Crawford was lynched.
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