civil rights movement Archives

The ‘theology of evangelism’ my mother taught me

Posted October 14th, 2020

In his online presentation Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Ralph Basui Watkins welcomed Rethinking Evangelism conference participants into the dining room of his home in southwest Atlanta.

Everyday God-Talk explores Union Presbyterian Seminary’s complicated history around race

Posted October 13th, 2020

In the latest edition of Everyday God-Talk, Rev. Dr. Brian Blount, the president of Union Presbyterian Seminary, shares the complicated history of the seminary in the context of slavery, the civil rights movement and Black Lives Matter.

U.S. Senator Chris Coons: The nation’s ‘deep racial inequities are sinful’

Posted August 14th, 2020

U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat and a longtime Presbyterian, doesn’t hesitate to share his faith — even in front of a pair of Presbyterian pastors and an online audience containing dozens of his fellow Presbyterians.

Congressman shaped by civil rights movement talks faith and politics

Posted December 12th, 2019

As a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill decades before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, David Price saw racial barriers begin to fall as a result of the civil rights movement.