They were the leaders of the US Civil Rights era, but what role do Black clergy play in today’s BLM movement?
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Lerone Jonathan Wilder, PhD, is Pastor of the historic Mattoon Presbyterian Church (USA), a predominantly African American congregation in Greenville,... South Carolina. He is also affiliate faculty of World Religions and Leadership and Spirituality at Union Institute & University, adjunct faculty of African American Studies at the University of South Carolina and adjunct faculty of Philosophy and Religion at Claflin University.
They were the leaders of the US Civil Rights era, but what role do Black clergy play in today’s BLM movement?