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Died: Claudette Colvin, Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer
As a teenager, Colvin challenged Montgomery’s segregation law and prevailed.
What CT Asked Advice Columnist Ann Landers
As America teetered on the edge of revolution, the magazine called for more innovation, responsibility, sensitivity, and stewardship.
We Are Risking the Legacy of the Civil Rights Generation
All is not lost. But Christians must regain our distinctiveness and reclaim our moral clarity.
We Have Not Read MLK Enough
Americans have strong opinions about the civil rights leader but often simplistic notions of who he was.
A Time of Moral Indignation
CT reports on civil rights, the “death of God” theology, and an escalating conflict in Vietnam.
The Call to Art, Africa, and Politics
In 1964, CT urged Christians to “be what they really are—new men and women in Christ.”
‘A Shot Came Out of Nowhere’
CT reported on the assassination of a president, a Supreme Court ban on Bible-reading in schools, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Evangelicals Confront a Revolutionary Age
A Catholic on the campaign trail and the “possibly catastrophic character of what is happening under our eyes” caused deep concern in 1960.
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The ‘Whole Counsel of God’ Requires Seeking Justice—and Naming Sin
An excerpt from Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around on family history, gospel music, and the great Christian legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.