Martin Luther King Jr.
On an Easter shadowed by the Lorraine Motel, recommit to justice
By J. Lawrence Turner — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — Fifty-three years after MLK's assassination, we must transform a place of bloodshed into inspiration for a better world.
Remembering the Black female leaders of the civil rights movement
By Eboo Patel — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — The truth is, we remember much of the civil rights movement through its very visible male leaders. But there were so many women, both behind the scenes and on the front lines, who shaped the movement.
Bieber samples King’s sermons, supports Poor People’s Campaign with new album ‘Justice’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 19, 2021
(RNS) — Some songs — like the album's first single 'Holy,' a collaboration with Chance the Rapper — toe the line of songs with lyrics that might be about loving God or might be about loving a girl.
Biden promised to end ‘forever wars.’ Then he bombed Syria.
By Diane Randall — March 12, 2021
(RNS) — The bombing took place as President Biden pushes for an extension of his war powers.
Black history can’t be told without the Bible
By Nicole Martin — February 18, 2021
(RNS) — Black Christian heroes knew that the Bible had to be at the center of life as free men and women in the United States.
How Heschel and King bonded over the Hebrew prophets
By A. James Rudin — February 11, 2021
(RNS) — Black History Month is a fitting moment to recall a brief, remarkable friendship that permanently transformed America.
Henry Louis Gates’ new book and TV series distills centuries of Black church history
By Adelle M. Banks — February 5, 2021
(RNS) — 'The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song' is a new book and a documentary set to air on PBS stations.
Joe Kennedy III joins Poor People’s Campaign
By Jack Jenkins — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘I’ve been an admirer of the Poor People's Campaign for years,’ Kennedy told Religion News Service on Monday.
The Capitol offense: A Christian professor’s warning 50 years ago
By Jerry Pattengale — January 27, 2021
(RNS) — The prescient words of professor Glenn Martin remind us why biblical Christians should reverence government as a gift of God in a fallen world.
5 faith facts about Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Southern Jew with a passion for racial justice
By Yonat Shimron — January 21, 2021
(RNS) — He wrote a letter to the Atlanta Jewish community saying his Jewish upbringing instilled in him ‘a conviction to fight for the marginalized, the persecuted and the dispossessed.’
This MLK Day, white evangelicals again have a choice to make on racial justice
By Jemar Tisby — January 18, 2021
(RNS) — Those who wish to learn from MLK’s legacy must also ask if they are willing to listen to the modern-day prophets of racial justice.
What Andrew Young taught me about keeping King’s movement going
By Maina Mwaura — January 17, 2021
(RNS) — What we celebrate on Martin Luther King Day is not the overcoming, but the struggle.
Martin Luther King Jr. faith events continue in time of COVID-19 and Capitol chaos
By Adelle M. Banks and Alejandra Molina — January 15, 2021
(RNS) — Many online gatherings that mark King's birthday and the holiday in his honor will apply his messages to the current crises the country is facing.
Moms of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin portrayed in new book
By Adelle M. Banks — January 15, 2021
(RNS) — The book by Anna Malaika Tubbs about Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin provides details of their lives of faith, discipline and sacrifice.
How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in Atlanta
By Jason Oliver Evans — January 15, 2021
(The Conversation) — One cannot appreciate the importance of MLK Day without understanding the tradition which formed one of America’s most influential civil rights leaders.
