By Victoria Mejicanos AFRO Staff Writer vmejicanos@afro.com Nearly 60 years after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and decades after a hard-fought campaign to make his birthday a federal holiday, organizers, city leaders and scholars are preparing to celebrate on Jan. 19. Though Martin Luther King Jr. Day events are festive, many are […]
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Rev. Bryant urges Black Church to spark a moral revival, confront White supremacy on March anniversary
At Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., clergy and community members marked the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington with prayer, reflection, and a fiery sermon from the Rev. Jamal Bryant. Bryant urged the Black Church to confront White supremacy, embrace protest over silence, and lead a renewed movement for justice.
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Local pastor is president of the historic Hampton University Ministers’ Conference
Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Jr., pastor of New Shiloh Baptist Church, will begin his term as president of the prestigious 111-year-old Hampton University Ministers’ Conference on June 2, focusing this year’s gathering on Christology under the theme, “An Ageless Christ for An Age that Still Needs Christ.”
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The ‘American Dream…’ and nightmare
Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream for humanity has yet to be realized for many Black Americans, leading to a lack of dreams and a sense of apathy and irrelevance.