Posts tagged Civil rights
Descendants Of Self-Freed Slave Still Live And Worship On His Nashville Land
Descendants Of Self-Freed Slave Still Live And Worship On His Nashville Land

It’s easy to miss amid the upscale apartment complexes of Nashville’s Bellevue neighborhood. But the Old Hickory Boulevard Church of Christ is rich with history, standing on one of the oldest settlements continuously owned by an African American family in the state of Tennessee.

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North America, NewsErik TryggestadErik Tryggestad, Nashville, Black church, Black history, Civil rights, Primary Feature, Secondary FeatureComment
‘Muhammad Ali’ On PBS Shows Impacts Of Boxer’s Muslim Faith
‘Muhammad Ali’ On PBS Shows Impacts Of Boxer’s Muslim Faith

(REVIEW) A new Ken Burns documentary on PBS tells the story of the world’s greatest heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, including his friendship with Malcolm X and faith journey to Nation of Islam and then Sunni Islam.

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North America, Opinion, Film & TVJillian CheneyMuhammad Ali, PBS documentary on Muhammad Ali, Ken Burns, boxing, Civil rights, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, Sunni Muslims, Sunni Islam, Mecca, Black Muslims, Cassius ClayComment
Remembering Rep. John Lewis As A Man Of Faith Who Inspired Others

(OPINION) What stood out to me most in regard to Lewis was that he put principles over politics and for that he was respected by Republicans and Democrats. At the height of the 2008 Presidential campaign I learned during a gathering President George W. Bush hosted at the White House it wasn’t certain that Lewis was going to endorse Hillary Clinton for president.

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Analysis, North America, Opinion, Politics, Primary Feature, Religion, Religious EqualityHamil R. HarrisRep. John Lewis, Hamil R. Harris, Rev. Maurice Roland, Fisk University, American Baptist School of Theology, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Opinion, Christianity, Civil rights, Rev. C.T. Vivian, James Lawson, Gandhi, Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, James Bevel Lewis, Tennessee State University, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King, Julian Bond, Bryan Stevenson, Southern Poverty Law Center, Monson Motor Lodge, Rev. Hosea Williams, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Act, Russell Eugene Weston Jr., Ebenezer Baptist Church, President Bill Clinton, Eleanor Holmes Nortono, NEWS, Primary Feature Comment