ESSAY: WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, BROKE HIS SILENCE ON VIETNAM
As the world marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, Rev AMY BUTLER, senior minister of The Riverside Church, where Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, gave his “Beyond Vietnam” speech on 4th April, 1967 – a year before his death, reflects on Rev King’s legacy…
US: ‘THE VIETNAM YEARS’: HOW THE CONFLICT RIPPED THE NATION’S RELIGIOUS FABRIC
DON LATTIN, in an article first published by Religion News Service, takes a look back at the response of America’s religious communities to the Vietnam War ahead of a new 10 part TV documentary to air in the States later this month…
US clergy to march for racial justice
RNS Clergy of a range of faiths – including Christians – are gathering in the nation’s capital for a demonstration for racial justice on the 54th anniversary of the March on Washington. The Ministers March for Justice, expected to proceed on Monday from the Martin Luther King, Jr, Memorial to the Justice Department, originally was […]