Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan. 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience […]
The role of the church in every African American community played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement, but the role of the church began long before the revered Reverend, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. It began with slavery […]
The Black church and its players
Actual photo and sketch rendering of the historical float the Deltas entered in the 2013 Tournament of Roses Rose Bowl Parade […]
A new study by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice shows delinquency on school grounds has dropped by roughly half in the last eight years. […]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson was sworn in to office for her second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. […]
In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a significant moment in the civil rights movement, North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has granted individual pardons of actual innocence to all members of the Wilmington 10.
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NAACP leaders such as Rev. Joe Darby and Benjamin Jealous have accused Scott of being insensitive to the needs of the Black cause in America […]
The church in the Southern Black community An introduction to the church in the southern Black community. By Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – May […]
Matthew Gaines, Black senator and Baptist preacher, was born on Aug. 4, 1840, to a slave mother on the plantation of Martin G. Despallier in Pineville, near Alexandria, La. […]
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