This week, St. Louis activist and theologian Reverend Osagyefo Sekou was acquitted of charges stemming from his involvement in a 2014 protest for slain teenager Michael Brown. The reverend had been arrested for kneeling down to pray in front of a line of riot police in Ferguson, Missouri. A prominent
From EBONY.com: Kirk Franklin is back with a bold new gospel album, Losing My Religion. The first single from first single from his 11th album, “Wanna Be Happy?,” is already breaking records he set four years ago, debuting at #1 and becoming the best first-week digital single in gospel music
[OPINION] Brooke Obie says our religious sanctuaries must be open and welcoming to LGBTQIA People At the funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was gunned down by White terrorist Dylan Roof during a Bible study meeting, President Barack Obama gave a soul-stirring eulogy, reminding the country of the Black Church’s
Last year, Under Armour released Misty Copeland’s incredible first contribution to its award-winning “I Will What I Want” ad campaign: a video of Misty showing off her dance skills while a child’s voice reads one of the exceptionally harsh rejection letters Copeland received from a dance company when she was 13. The letter writer