Black Church History & Civil Rights

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (482+ words) This is also different from the Black Judas and the Black Minstrel I described before. Those two are easy to spot. The House Negro sits down at the table and talks to you like a friend. It did not start…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (499+ words) Though in human terms their mission catastrophically failed, the martyrs are revered as the founders of the Canadian church. It is telling that it took an Australian director, Bruce Beresford of “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989) and “Tender Mercies” (1983) fame, to make…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (425+ words) Black Americans have heard it all before. We’ve been called “lazy,” “not as qualified,” “uneducated,” “uncultured,” and all manner of other reasons the world can come up with for why our disenfranchisement is somehow of our own design and perpetuation....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (566+ words) The Museum of African American History has received a $2.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, just one month after the small museum made the hard choice to lay-off three positions and trim its hours to help shore up its sagging…...

4+ day, 57+ min ago   (577+ words) RICHMOND —A little more than halfway through his trek in Maine on Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Robert Turner already knew the walk would be physically and mentally taxing. “The walks are always long. It’s never a walk where I’m just…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (281+ words) A national traveling exhibition about enslaved people debuts in St. Paul at the University of St. Thomas. Visitors will meet the enslaved by name and learn their stories and how this history lives on today. What We Inherit: Truth, Repair,…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (134+ words) The Museum of African American History in Boston and on Nantucket received a $2.5 million grant from the philanthropic foundation the Lilly Endowment. CAI's Gilda Geist spoke with the museum's president and CEO Dr. Noelle Trent to learn more about how…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (192+ words) Church and Parish Support Clergy & LLM Support Every street holds a story. Walk with us and see London through a different lens. Join us on Friday 23 October 2026 for our Racial Justice Black History Month Pilgrimage Walk, exploring the theme “Out…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (426+ words) Rockford will host the 90th Annual NAACP Illinois State Conference Convention from Sept. 24-26, 2027, marking the event's return to the city after a 15-year absence. The selection was announced by the NAACP Rockford Branch and GoRockford, according to a community announcement. The…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (879+ words) 12:39 AM / Sunday October 4, 2026 One could imagine the echoing voices of the ancestors at the 2026 Colored Conventions Conference at Mother Bethel AME Church this past September. An urgency seemed to ripple through conference guests, perhaps akin to that felt by delegates…...