Civil Rights Movement

CT reports on civil rights, the “death of God” theology, and an escalating conflict in Vietnam.

In 1964, CT urged Christians to “be what they really are—new men and women in Christ.”

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.

A Catholic on the campaign trail and the “possibly catastrophic character of what is happening under our eyes” caused deep concern in 1960.

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.

In its first full year of publication, CT looked at Civil Rights, Cold War satellites, artificial insemination, and carefully planned evangelism.

The history of a prominent church pastored by MLK in Alabama shows the reason African Americans often don’t embrace either term.

No institution is above scrutiny, but the Trump administration’s planned overhaul could obscure the work of God in American history.

The gospel shouldn’t just change our hearts. At times, it should also change our addresses.

His life as a pastor in rust-belt Illinois was rich in service, dignity, and the imitation of Christ. I want to follow in his steps.