As one of the surviving leaders of the civil rights movement, Lewis wants to make sure the role of faith in changing the nation is never forgotten. More →

January 16, 2004

Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview with Rep. John Lewis about religion and the civil rights movement: What spiritual legacy did the civil rights movement give to the United States? The civil rights movement of the ’60s imbues the American … More →

January 16, 2004

Thirty-five years after his death, the nation is still coming to terms with the life of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Theologians, politicians, historians, and artists continue to discuss King’s legacy. More →

January 17, 2003

Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview about art, social change, and Martin Luther King with Vincent Harding and his daughter, Rachel Harding. More →

January 17, 2003

Howard Thurman had a profound spiritual impact on civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet for much of the last half century, Thurman’s contributions have often been overlooked. Now, more than 20 years after his death in 1981, Howard Thurman is finding a new audience. More →

January 18, 2002

Read more of our interview with Walter Fluker, director and editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project at Morehouse College. More →

January 18, 2002

Read more of our interview with Dr. Robert Franklin, President of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, who describes prominent African-American scholar and activist Howard Thurman as a “21st-century theologian working in the middle of the 20th century.” More →

January 18, 2002