Dexter Scott King, son of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, dies of cancer at 62
Atlanta. US AP Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the younger son […]
Civil rights: Women at the first March on Washington – a secretary, a future bishop and a marshal
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with three women who were there in 1963…
Rev Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971
Chicago, USAP Rev Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago. Jackson, 81, announced his resignation during a quiet farewell speech at the organization’s annual convention, where the group paid tribute to him with songs, kind words […]
The Interview: Rev Amos Brown, vice chair of California’s reparations task force, calls for action
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with the civil rights veteran and onetime student of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr…
Tornado aftermath: Prayers of thanks after historic US city of Selma ravaged
KIM CHANDLER, of Associated Press, reports on how churches have stepped up in the aftermath of devastation…
In the US, an interfaith group in Oregon is behind one of nation’s strictest gun control measures
United StatesRNS Oregonians will be voting on one of America’s strictest gun control measures on the ballot this November. If passed by voters, the gun safety initiative would ban the sale of magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds and would require permits and firearm safety courses to purchase any gun. Applicants would have to […]
Sight-Seeing: Paying homage to the dreamer
During a visit to the US, NILS VON KALM reflects on the life and legacy of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr…
The Interview: US Senator and pastor Raphael Warnock
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Senator (and pastor) Raphael Warnock as he releases his new book ‘A Way Out of No Way’…
In the US, Warnock, Progressive National Baptists focus on voting rights during annual meeting
RNS Rev Raphael Warnock urged the Progressive National Baptist Convention to keep fighting to protect voting rights as the historically Black denomination held its annual meeting. “If we don’t check what they’re doing in Georgia, they’ll be able to nullify the votes and the voices of the people after they have already been cast,” Warnock, […]
“This is our Selma moment”: US clergy leaders announce on eve of 27 mile voting rights march to Austin
RNS Fifty-six years ago, Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, led thousands of clergy and laypeople on a 54 mile (87 kilometre) voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, the state capital of Alabama. On Wednesday, Rev William J Barber II will lead a similar contingent on a four-day, 27 mile (43 kilometre) march from Georgetown […]