Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s white Christian nationalism
- Written by Tobin Miller Shearer, Professor of History and African-American Studies, University of Montana
A group of teenagers marching during a civil rights rally. Bettman via Getty ImagesFifty-eight years ago in the summer of 1966, a group of Black church leaders took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times titled “Black Power.” Their densely worded statement called on national leaders, “white churchmen,” Black...