From MLK to today, the March on Washington highlights the evolution of activism by Black churches
Associated PressThe March on Washington of 1963 is remembered most for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech — and thus as a crowning moment for the long-term civil rights activism of what is sometimes referred to as the “Black Church.” At the march, King indeed represented numerous other Black clergy who were his colleagues in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. “It must be a mass movement, not just a mass moment.” Barber said the new manifestation of the Poor People’s Campaign has drawn active support from thousands of clergy of different races and faiths. If there are two Black people in the streets chanting ‘We shall overcome,’ that’s ‘Black Church.’” Associated Press democracy, race and ethnicity reporter Gary Fields talks about the 1963 March on Washington and the Rev. “The Black Church was the foundation of the Civil Rights Movement, which is why we are resolved to play a continued role in the fight for equality,” said the CNBC board.
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From MLK to today, the March on Washington highlights the evolution of activism by Black churches
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