Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Andrew Young, at 90, views his civic, political roles ‘as a pastorate’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 4, 2022
(RNS) — ‘My model for almost every job I've had has been the model of a pastor servicing a congregation,’ said the former mayor and civil rights leader.
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.
Interfaith clergy unite for mothers and housing activists who took over vacant LA house
By Alejandra Molina — March 17, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Activists and clergy gathered Sunday evening to pray for a group of mothers after they took over a property as a shelter from the coronavirus.
Gay civil rights activist, MLK mentor Bayard Rustin to be honored
By Renée K. Gadoua — June 30, 2015
(RNS) Years before the gay rights movement gained momentum, the openly gay black activist, a Quaker, advised Martin Luther King Jr. on nonviolent protest tactics and organized the 1963 March on Washington.
C.T. Vivian adds Presidential Medal of Freedom to a lifetime of activism
By Adelle M. Banks — November 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) As one of the last surviving members of a generation of civil rights icons, the Rev. C.T. Vivian was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the nation's first African-American president.
Feisty civil rights activist Will Campbell dies at 88
By David E. Anderson — June 5, 2013
(RNS) A Southern Baptist who drank moonshine with the Catholic nuns he counted as his friends, Campbell was an equal-opportunity critic, castigating liberals as well as conservatives in his writing, preaching and storytelling.
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