civil rights movement
Honoring and Renewing Dr. King’s Other, More Challenging, Dream — 55 Years Later
Fifty-four years ago—on April 4, 1968—Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Exactly one...
Biblical Inerrancy’s Long History as an Evangelical Activist for White Patriarchy
Last week saw another clash about women’s (in)equality play out online between leaders in evangelical...
As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
In Florida, a state senate committee wants to make it illegal to cause discomfort to...
Reckoning with Deva Woodly’s Reckoning
Black Lives Matter was not born in the streets, even if it sometimes moved there following the police murder of Michael Brown in 2014, and again after the killing of George Floyd in 2020. But the movement, after these intense episodes of protest and direct action has not stayed in the streets—and this is probably its most important innovation as a social movement. ...
The Promise of Black Lives Matter
How can BLM activists and other allied individuals and organizations capitalize on the outrage they are precipitating by bringing first-time protesters into the fold? Moreover, how can they help people who are concerned about racial inequality—motivated to do something about it and already thinking structurally—to also act structurally? ...