In her 1961 classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs quoted New York Times reporter Harrison Salisbury to make plain these tragic effects: “When slum clearance enters an area .

While white churches fall victim to arson, few are burned for racial reasons. The Black church has "been the heart of Black advocacy in America,'' says Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern ...

For millions of white Americans, the televised services for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church marked their first opportunity to observe the soul and spirit of ...

The reparations activists say historic white churches in Boston benefited from the institution of slavery. Following Boston’s appointment of a reparations task force in 2023, religious leaders ...

J.C. grew up Pentecostal, but going from a Black Pentecostal church to a white evangelical one isn't just a shift in worship style. He says that being the young Black man surrounded by white ...

Boston, MA - March 23: The Rev. Kevin Peterson called on white churches in Boston to support reparations for slavery during a news conference at the Resurrection Lutheran Church.