A Dallas pastor is stepping into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Dallas, US AP The civil rights group founded by Rev Jesse Jackson in the 1970s is elevating a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years, choosing a Dallas pastor as his successor to take over the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Rev Frederick D Haynes III is set to be formally installed as […]
On the Screen: A true, inspiring and, at times, downright absurd, biopic from the civil rights movement
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Son of the South’…
Joseph Lowery, minister, civil rights leader, friend of King, dies at 98
RNS Rev Joseph Lowery, a civil rights leader who worked closely with the Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, and prayed at President Obama’s first inauguration, died on Friday. Lowery was 98. “Tonight, the great Reverend Joseph E. Lowery transitioned from earth to eternity,” the King Center in Atlanta tweeted. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his […]
US: FOR STORIED CIVIL RIGHTS CENTRE, HIGHLANDER FIRE IS AN ECHO OF THE PAST
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on the latest challenge facing the Highlander Research and Education Center in Tennessee…
HOUSING: ‘SHARED EQUITY’ MODEL BOOSTS HOME OWNERSHIP FOR POORER FAMILIES IN US
GREGORY SCRUGGS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Durham, in North Carolina, on how community land trusts – a concept which turns 50 this year – are enabling the creation of affordable accommodation for low to moderate income families…