How The Black Lives Matter Movement Changed The Church
We have seen a strong collaborative effort amongst grassroots and faith-based organizations. From summer camps and freedom schools to urban farming and the opening of recreation centers, many have stepped up to make a change in [the] lives of our youth and community. But the systemic and structural violence still remains — high unemployment, failing schools, vacant and abandoned homes and high rates of poverty still exist.
Read MoreBlack Churches In Baltimore and #blacklivesmatter
Churches in the black community historically have been a vital institution — a central force of social change. From Martin Luther King Jr. , to the Reverends Fred Shuttlesworth, Richard Boone and Pauli Murray – myriad church leaders helped birth the modern civil rights movements.
Read MoreImaginary Lines – The Baltimore Uprising and Black Lives Matter
On April 19, Baltimore police killed an unarmed black man named Freddie Gray. His death kicked off weeks of protests and the latest round of the larger Black Lives Matter movement that has exploded across the United States against racism and police brutality. Today our host Michael Fox speakers with Reverend Heber Brown III, the…
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