Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Occupy: Resurrecting Rev. King's Final Dream

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.17.2012

Leo W. Gerard

What Rev. King preached and what many Occupiers seem to believe is that paramount in a republic is job creation, not wealth creation. The duty of government is not to ensure that the rich get richer but to establish equal opportunity.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Capacity for Growth

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein | Posted 03.16.2012

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

In all the coverage of King's life, one quality of his has received comparatively little attention: his capacity to grow and to expand his vision.

White Or Black, The Church Has Failed African Americans

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 02.01.2012

Clay Farris Naff

It is sadly ironic that Christianity has become a weapon against an African-American president and any nonconforming or freethinking African-American citizen.

Why Dr. King Would Have Championed Universal Broadband Adoption

David Honig | Posted 10.26.2011

David Honig

As the nation prepares to dedicate Dr. Martin Luther King's National Memorial, let's give ourselves this thought experiment: "What would Dr. King be doing today if he were armed with the social media and telecommunications technology we take for granted?"

Civil Rights Veterans Say MLK Monument Long Overdue

Posted 10.18.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) At age 93, the Rev. Gardner Taylor never thought he'd live to see the day when his frien...

King's Nephew Named To Head Civil Rights Group

Posted 10.16.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Two and a half weeks after the sudden death of its president, the Southern Christian Leadership Con...

Civil Rights Leaders Attend SCLC Head's Funeral

AP | Posted 10.06.2011

ATLANTA — Hundreds turned out Saturday for the Atlanta funeral of the late Southern Christian Leadership Conference president, the Rev. Howard C...

Head Of Southern Christian Leadership Conference Dies

Posted 09.29.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) The Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., a Baptist preacher chosen early this year as the new president of the S...

At 89, Civil Rights Icon Reflects On Faith And Activism

Posted 05.25.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) The Rev. Joseph Lowery, the civil rights activist who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....

King's Daughter Leads Crowd In Prayer For Civil Rights Unity

AP | ERRIN HAINES | Posted 05.25.2011

ATLANTA — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter is calling for the fractured membership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to ...

Martin Luther King Jr.: Remembering With a New Cointelpro

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Christian Hall

This may be just the time to brush up on Cointelpro, the notorious program through which FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover vigorously disrupted the activities of American political dissidents.

Will Rev. Bernice King's Bully Pulpit at SCLC Bash Gays?

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Irene Monroe

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference's religious rhetoric against LGBTQ citizens chokes progress, hinders equality, and allows religion-based bigotry to flourish.

We, Too, Are Abolitionists: Black History Month, Slavery and the Death Penalty

Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 05.25.2011

Diann Rust-Tierney

We Americans should honor abolitionists of the past and present not only by remembering them during Black History Month, but by working to repeal capital punishment throughout the USA.

Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama

Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberle Crenshaw

Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.

Cirilo McSween: An Extraordinary Life

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

Hermene Hartman

Cirilo McSween died November 4, 2008, almost to the hour of Barack Obama's acceptance speech. It was one of life's poetic moments.