At the corner of Chicago and Linwood in Detroit stands a black Jesus clothed in a white robe adorned with a red heart and gold rays, and his arms outstretched on both sides. The statue was first ...

The robe-wearing Black Jesus (Gerald “Slink” Johnson) wanders around a rundown Compton (the series was actually filmed in Wilmington), trying to get his followers to listen to him with little ...

Crossing the third rails of race and religion, “Black Jesus” is guaranteed to offend ... who hangs out with a group of pals in Compton (his robe has a way of frequently getting caught in ...

So why not have somebody of Black skin play Jesus and have all ... we don’t see your face, much like the Jesus in Ben-Hur or The Robe. How did that approach, being hooded and mysterious, inform ...

He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to ...

Question: I believe the Bible is without error, but how do you reconcile Matthew 27:28 saying the soldiers who whipped Jesus draped him with a scarlet robe, while Mark 15:17 and John 19:2 say it was a ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published Dec. 24, 2012. For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian ...

The wardrobe choices weren’t a matter of taste – each robe symbolizes something different ... is seen as a way to honor the suffering of Jesus Christ, imitating the color of his cloak during ...

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius ...

Indian artist Frank Wesley's work 'Jesus in Varanasi' presents Christ as an Indian (sitting center in yellow robe) conversing with people on the ... One of the spillovers of the Black Lives Matter ...

At 6’5″, Johnson cuts an imposing figure as the wigged Jesus, who hangs out with a group of pals in Compton (his robe has a way ... Obviously, “Black Jesus” doesn’t appear overly ...