Legacy

Aug 23 - For nearly 50 years, from 1966 to 2014, Rev. Paul McDaniel - who died Sunday at the age of 91 - pastored the growing and influential Second Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga.That was a lot, a lot for most of them. But not…

A message from Dr. Forrest E. Harris, Sr., President of American Baptist College NASHVILLE, TN - I congratulate the American Baptist College family - administrators, faculties, staff, students, and alumni - and the entire metropolitan…

Adrian Miller, the author of Black Smoke: African American and the United States by Barbecue, recalls how holidays like Juneteenth always meant celebrating with food for his family. “We went to the public festivities in the Five Points…

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) - On Saturday, one year since civil rights icon John Lewis died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.Congregations across the country, including here in Salt Lake City, held candlelight vigils in his honor…

When President Lyndon B. Johnson took office in 1963, his advisers urged him to abandon President John F. Kennedy's pursuit of civil rights law. If he did not, they warned, he would lose the support of the Southern Democrats, who were…

Much has changed in the year since the death of US Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis on July 17, 2020.The nation saw the start of a mass vaccination campaign to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which he saw only the beginning.…

OGDEN - When Bettye Gillespie first moved to Ogden in the 1940s, around the time of her 13th birthday, the color of her skin prevented her from swimming in the city's public swimming pool.But Gillespie, who…

President Biden and Vice President Harris met with leaders from traditional black civil rights organizations today. The group discussed the wave of anti-electoral legislation recently passed or pending in state legislatures…

One of the great legacies of North Carolina and our nation's history was the explosion of the American civil rights movement.As the leader of this movement, Martin Luther King Jr. repeatedly appealed to our…

One of the great legacies of North Carolina and our nation's history was the explosion of the American civil rights movement. As the leader of this movement, Martin Luther King Jr. repeatedly appealed to our strengths as a nation: the…