American Baptist Theological Seminary

Montgomery Bus Boycott at 68: L.A. Event Revisits Black-Jewish Collaboration

Solomon O. Smith, California Black MediaDecember 21, 2023

Scholar, minister and activist the Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. was the guest speaker at L.A.’s Skirball Cultural Center’s “Perspectives on Black-Jewish Relations in The Fight for Civil Rights” discussion held Dec. 6, on the 68th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Celebration of Life National News

Civil Rights Pioneer and Icon, John Lewis, Passes at 80

Brian W. Carter, Contributing WriterJuly 23, 2020

The civil rights leaders led his life my example that fighting for justice is the only option.

History National News Political

A Tribute to a Living Legend: Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

Stacy M. Brown NNPA, Newswire Senior CorrespondentJanuary 9, 2020

In 1965, Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led what was planned as a peaceful 54-mile march through Alabama from Selma to Montgomery. The march, a protest of the discriminatory practices and Jim Crow laws that prevented African Americans from voting, would be remembered in history as “Bloody Sunday,” one of the most dramatic and violent incidents of the American Civil Rights Movement.