Race & Ethnicity
Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham
By Yonat Shimron — September 6, 2024
(RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.
National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president
By Adelle M. Banks — September 6, 2024
Black church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white Christian nationalism today
By Tobin Miller Shearer — September 6, 2024
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National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends
By Adelle M. Banks — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.
National Baptists hold annual meeting as leadership questions continue
By Adelle M. Banks — September 3, 2024
BALTIMORE (RNS) — The Rev. Jerry Young, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, has been president for two five-year terms and cannot run for a consecutive third term.
The Black church has moved from essential to voluntary, says author Jason Shelton
By Adelle M. Banks — September 3, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Is the Black church dead? I think it really varies depending on which traditions we’re talking about,’ said Shelton, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population.
Black Baptist organization gets $1 million megachurch donation to aid African girls
By Adelle M. Banks — August 15, 2024
(RNS) — The money will be used to support the Ghana Baptist Convention to rescue young girls whose families have sold them into the long-established system of Trokosi.
Latino evangelicals push for immigration reform ahead of election
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 12, 2024
(RNS) — With rising political power, Latino voters will make their voices heard on immigration, but Latinos, including evangelicals, are far from a unified bloc.
Progressive National Baptist Convention leaders hail Harris, pan Trump, urge voting
By Adelle M. Banks — August 8, 2024
(RNS) — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, voiced criticism of Trump during a session of the PNBC meeting.
Pastors’ first ladies, other Black church leaders organize support for Harris
By Adelle M. Banks — August 7, 2024
(RNS) — In two calls, both sponsored by the Black Church PAC, the primary goal was to secure votes for Harris.
Rev. Barber’s new book demystifies poverty: ‘Black people are not the problem’
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2024
(RNS) — The civil rights champion believes he cannot be a moral leader and stand up only for Black people. Far more white people are poor and struggling, too.
Sonya Massey said ‘I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.’ What’s the significance?
By Kathryn Post — July 26, 2024
(RNS) — Massey’s near-final words, said shortly before she was fatally shot by a deputy, have taken on a life of their own.
Would Kamala Harris adopt Joe Biden’s policies on Israel?
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2024
(RNS) — For some young Jewish activists, Harris’ ascendancy gives them hope there might be some shifts in Israel policy, if she wins the presidency in November.
Kamala Harris’ heritage draws attention to Hinduism’s complex history in Caribbean
By Richa Karmarkar — July 24, 2024
(RNS) — For many who claim Indo-Caribbean heritage, Vice President Kamala Harris’ spotlight is the perfect chance to dive into the community’s lesser-known past: where indigenous faiths and cultural traditions found more in common than not.
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