Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s White Christian nationalism

September 8, 2024

By: The Conversation

Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society

July 4, 2024

By: The Conversation

Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power of love’ to challenge injustice

June 17, 2024

By: The Conversation

A lesson on dissent from a Vietnam War protester who joined the US military – and then faced execution after his protest didn’t stop

June 2, 2024

By: The Conversation

What to Know About the Racists Killings of 3 Black People in Jacksonville

August 28, 2023

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March on Washington − and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream

August 27, 2023

By: The Conversation

Reaction to bronze sculpture of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston hasn’t been good – and that’s not bad for art that shatters conventions

March 28, 2023

By: The Conversation

The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change

March 12, 2023

By: The Conversation

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: 5 things I’ve learned curating the MLK Collection at Morehouse College

January 16, 2023

By: The Conversation

Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judge Greg Mathis to Join Annual MLK Scholarship Breakfast

December 27, 2022

By: Site Editor