John Lewis
An online assembly attempts to correct March on Washington gender gap
By Yonat Shimron — August 24, 2023
(RNS) — None of the speeches at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom were delivered by women. The “She Speaks” online assembly is intended to lift up the voices of women fighting for racial justice.
PHOTO GALLERY: The history and diversity of African American religious rituals
By Adelle M. Banks — January 10, 2023
(RNS) — A new photo book from the National Museum of African American History and Culture explores Black history through its range of spiritual traditions.
Park is planned for Jewish philanthropist who built over 5,000 schools for Black kids
By Yonat Shimron — December 8, 2022
(RNS) — Julius Rosenwald partnered with Black educator and civic leader Booker T. Washington to fund the construction of more than 5,000 rural schools for Black children. Now the National Park Service is considering forming a park in his honor.
Black church tradition survives Georgia’s voting changes
By Sudhin Thanawala and Gary Fields — October 31, 2022
ATLANTA (AP) — Black church leaders and activists in Georgia rallied Sunday in a longstanding tradition known as “Souls to the Polls” that has greater meaning in this year's midterms as legislation presents new obstacles to casting a ballot.
Defending our sacred right to vote
By Barbara Williams-Skinner, Jim Wallis, and Adam Taylor — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Why we are mobilizing 2,000 poll chaplains to serve as visions of peace and a moral presence at the polls.
Raphael Warnock says his Senate colleagues sometimes ask, ‘Rev, pray for me’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — ‘I enjoyed being a pastor, and, in my heart, that’s who I am essentially — not only a pastor but the son of two pastors.’
John Lewis’ co-author talks faith, voting rights and their new graphic novel, ‘Run’
By Adelle M. Banks — August 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The lesson I hold with me most from John Lewis and his life and his example is that you have to be persistent,’ said Andrew Aydin.
‘This is our Selma moment,’ clergy leaders announce on eve of 27-mile voting rights march to Austin
By Yonat Shimron — July 27, 2021
(RNS) — On Wednesday (July 28), the Rev. William J. Barber II will lead clergy and laypeople on a four-day, 27-mile march from Georgetown to Austin, Texas, to protest the rollback of voting rights and demand federal action.
We have the chance to redeem voting rights
By Jim Wallis and Barbara Williams-Skinner — March 26, 2021
(RNS) — Complicity in the attacks on the vote could erode the number of Americans attracted to Christianity.
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.
National Prayer Breakfast organizers hope prayer can unify nation in divided times
By Bob Smietana — February 3, 2021
(RNS) — Despite a raging pandemic and political divides, the National Prayer Breakfast goes on.
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.’
Warnock, pastor and politician, has role models who did both
By Adelle M. Banks — January 5, 2021
(RNS) — It would not be the first time an ordained member of the clergy has chosen to take on the political life of Capitol.
Faith leaders and religion influencers who died in 2020
By Adelle M. Banks — December 29, 2020
(RNS) — Losses in the religion world included people known for their contributions to preaching, civil rights or music.
National Prayer Breakfast will be virtual in 2021 due to COVID-19
By Bob Smietana — December 17, 2020
(RNS) — Every president since Dwight Eisenhower has attended the National Prayer Breakfast, which will go virtual in 2021 for the first time due to COVID-19.
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