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On the 1st day of #BlackHistoryMonth 
, here’s my Jan. @RNS Q&A with @annas_tea_ , author of book about mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin: https://religionnews.com/2021/01/15/moms-of-martin-luther-king-jr-malcolm-x-and-james-baldwin-revealed-in-new-book/
, here’s my Jan. @RNS Q&A with @annas_tea_ , author of book about mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin: https://religionnews.com/2021/01/15/moms-of-martin-luther-king-jr-malcolm-x-and-james-baldwin-revealed-in-new-book/
On the 2nd day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Jan. @RNS story about other Black ministers besides @ReverendWarnock, who also were members of Congress from the 1800s to now: https://religionnews.com/2021/01/05/as-warnock-hopes-to-be-pastor-and-politician-he-has-role-models-who-did-both/
, here’s my Jan. @RNS story about other Black ministers besides @ReverendWarnock, who also were members of Congress from the 1800s to now: https://religionnews.com/2021/01/05/as-warnock-hopes-to-be-pastor-and-politician-he-has-role-models-who-did-both/
On the 3rd day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Dec. @RNS story about descendants of survivors of a 1923 massacre in a Black enclave in Fla. who gained scholarships from the state: https://religionnews.com/2020/12/23/faithful-black-descendants-hope-reparations-after-fla-massacre-will-be-a-model/
, here’s my Dec. @RNS story about descendants of survivors of a 1923 massacre in a Black enclave in Fla. who gained scholarships from the state: https://religionnews.com/2020/12/23/faithful-black-descendants-hope-reparations-after-fla-massacre-will-be-a-model/
As #BlackHistoryMonth continues, here’s my Nov. @RNS story about five faith facts about @BarackObama in his new book “A Promised Land,” including the role of ministers in his life: https://religionnews.com/2020/11/18/five-faith-facts-about-former-president-barack-obamas-book-guns-wright-prayer/
continues, here’s my Nov. @RNS story about five faith facts about @BarackObama in his new book “A Promised Land,” including the role of ministers in his life: https://religionnews.com/2020/11/18/five-faith-facts-about-former-president-barack-obamas-book-guns-wright-prayer/
As #BlackHistoryMonth continues, here’s @RNS staffers’ story about the life of Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., who died Nov. 9 and once told me “the Bible has both what we call left and right issues”: https://religionnews.com/2020/11/09/bishop-harry-jackson-jr-trump-evangelical-adviser-has-died/
continues, here’s @RNS staffers’ story about the life of Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., who died Nov. 9 and once told me “the Bible has both what we call left and right issues”: https://religionnews.com/2020/11/09/bishop-harry-jackson-jr-trump-evangelical-adviser-has-died/
On the 6th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Nov. @RNS story with five faith-related facets of the woman often just known as “Whitney” and who was posthumously inducted into @rockhall: https://religionnews.com/2020/11/06/whitney-houston-rock-roll-hall-fame-five-faith-facts/
, here’s my Nov. @RNS story with five faith-related facets of the woman often just known as “Whitney” and who was posthumously inducted into @rockhall: https://religionnews.com/2020/11/06/whitney-houston-rock-roll-hall-fame-five-faith-facts/
On the 7th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Oct. @RNS story about @staceyabrams, whose family pastor says the Abramses have long viewed voting as “a sacred civil duty”: https://religionnews.com/2020/10/16/stacey-abrams-family-connects-faith-and-voting-modeled-by-preacher-parents/
, here’s my Oct. @RNS story about @staceyabrams, whose family pastor says the Abramses have long viewed voting as “a sacred civil duty”: https://religionnews.com/2020/10/16/stacey-abrams-family-connects-faith-and-voting-modeled-by-preacher-parents/
On the 8th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Oct. @RNS story, about Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s decision to retain slaveholders’ names on its buildings, create Black student scholarship fund: https://religionnews.com/2020/10/13/sbc-seminary-keeps-slaveholder-names-on-buildings-starts-black-scholarship-fund/
, here’s my Oct. @RNS story, about Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s decision to retain slaveholders’ names on its buildings, create Black student scholarship fund: https://religionnews.com/2020/10/13/sbc-seminary-keeps-slaveholder-names-on-buildings-starts-black-scholarship-fund/
On the 9th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Oct. ’20 @RNS story about @DeeshawPhilyaw novel focused on church ladies that explores Black church traditions: https://religionnews.com/2020/10/09/sex-and-church-ladies-author-reveals-true-to-life-secrets-beyond-black-church-pews/
, here’s my Oct. ’20 @RNS story about @DeeshawPhilyaw novel focused on church ladies that explores Black church traditions: https://religionnews.com/2020/10/09/sex-and-church-ladies-author-reveals-true-to-life-secrets-beyond-black-church-pews/
On the 10th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Sept. @RNS story about Black church voter turnout efforts one longtime activist said had “a level of energy and coordination … at the highest level”: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/29/black-church-turnout-effort-mobilizes-against-alleged-voter-suppression/
, here’s my Sept. @RNS story about Black church voter turnout efforts one longtime activist said had “a level of energy and coordination … at the highest level”: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/29/black-church-turnout-effort-mobilizes-against-alleged-voter-suppression/
On the 11th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my @RNS story about the Sept. election of Rolland Slade as the first African American chair of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/22/protecting-abuse-survivors-is-personal-says-new-southern-baptist-leader/
, here’s my @RNS story about the Sept. election of Rolland Slade as the first African American chair of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/22/protecting-abuse-survivors-is-personal-says-new-southern-baptist-leader/
On the 12th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my @RNS story about the life of Bishop J. Delano Ellis II, who died on Sept. 19 and was among a group of “High-Church Pentecostal” clerics: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/21/high-church-pentecostal-leader-j-delano-ellis-dies-at-75/
, here’s my @RNS story about the life of Bishop J. Delano Ellis II, who died on Sept. 19 and was among a group of “High-Church Pentecostal” clerics: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/21/high-church-pentecostal-leader-j-delano-ellis-dies-at-75/
On the 13th. day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my @RNS story about the life of Rev. Gil Caldwell, who died Sept. 14 and was a United Methodist civil rights activist who also became a gay rights advocate: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/08/rev-gil-caldwell-civil-rights-gay-rights-activist-dead-at-86/
, here’s my @RNS story about the life of Rev. Gil Caldwell, who died Sept. 14 and was a United Methodist civil rights activist who also became a gay rights advocate: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/08/rev-gil-caldwell-civil-rights-gay-rights-activist-dead-at-86/
On the 14th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my Sept. @RNS story about the first-time promotion of an active duty African-American woman chaplain to the rank of colonel: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/03/army-history-black-woman-chaplain-colonel-monica-lawson/
, here’s my Sept. @RNS story about the first-time promotion of an active duty African-American woman chaplain to the rank of colonel: https://religionnews.com/2020/09/03/army-history-black-woman-chaplain-colonel-monica-lawson/
On the 15th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my @RNS story about four faith-related aspects of the personal life of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died on Aug. 28: https://religionnews.com/2020/08/31/chadwick-boseman-man-of-faith-in-real-life-black-panther-on-screen/
, here’s my @RNS story about four faith-related aspects of the personal life of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died on Aug. 28: https://religionnews.com/2020/08/31/chadwick-boseman-man-of-faith-in-real-life-black-panther-on-screen/
On the 16th day of Black History Month, here’s my @RNS story about the graphic novel of Rep. John Lewis, an ordained minister who died July 17. “I think my pulpit today is a much larger pulpit,” he told me: https://religionnews.com/2016/08/02/john-lewis-march-team-talk-about-faith-and-civil-rights/
On the 17th day of #BlackHistoryMonth , here’s my @RNS story about the life of Rev. C.T. Vivian, who died July 17, and who protested segregated lunch counters in the ‘40s before working with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: https://religionnews.com/2020/07/17/rev-c-t-vivian-longtime-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-95/
, here’s my @RNS story about the life of Rev. C.T. Vivian, who died July 17, and who protested segregated lunch counters in the ‘40s before working with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: https://religionnews.com/2020/07/17/rev-c-t-vivian-longtime-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-95/
