The Gift of Black Theological Education & Black Church Collaborative enhances the Historically Black Theological Institutions (HBTI) and the Black Church. The Black Church has been at the center of Black culture for more than 200 years, as well as one of the ways to combat systemic racism and other social ills. The HBTIs are founded […]
Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas speaks on the violence that violence creates as a part of the #MLKGlobal- Curating Global Voices Project
Tune in to hear the latest episode of Podcast For a Just World. This week Rev. Dr. Velda Love and Rev. Tracy Howe Wispelwey talk with Jamye Wooten, the creator of #BlackChurchSyllabus and #MLK2BAKER
By Lawrence W. Rodgers, In the 1992 Spike Lee movie “Malcolm X,” there is a scene where Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red or Red, is incarcerated. He meets the fictional Brother Bane character, a member of the Nation of Islam. In the film, he plays a large part in Malcolm’s conversion. Brother Bane challenges […]
The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Social Action Commission of our Church demand not only a public apology but inclusive and “just” social and immigration policies.
President Donald Trump is a terrorist. His hateful and uninformed rhetoric and action have uncovered and emboldened a contemporary surge of racism.
Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith -Writer, author, musician, pastor, preacher and social justice advocate. She is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and author of “Crazy Faith: Ordinary People; Extraordinary Lives,” which won the 2009 National Best Books Award. Follow Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith on Twitter:www.twitter.com/cassad DOWNLOAD
Our challenge is not to “Make America Great Again.” We have an obligation to remake America. Charlottesville is another fatal reminder America must be born again.
The march in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a reminder of how deep-seated the reality of racism is in this country.
The truth is this country, even as it proclaims freedom and justice for all, was founded on an “Anglo-Saxon myth” of white racial superiority.
