Although the Southern Baptist Convention is often mentioned in connection with right-wing social conservatives, some Baptists ...

Terrell has also become a staunch opponent of Al Sharpton, the preacher and Black civil rights leader despised by some in the ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris formed Pioneer49 to establish the groundwork for whatever is next for her.

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The vice president made a surprise visit to the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast in honor of the civil rights icon, hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. Harris ...

The ministers’ statement also criticized white evangelicals, whom it described as ‘drunk on the religion of white Christian ...

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams tried to appeal to his base of Black Democrats at a Martin Luther King Jr. event Saturday, one day after dining with a politician of whom they disapprove: ...

At the church after the rally, Rev. Al Sharpton blasted Trump’s pledge. “You can’t keep the dream alive and say that you are going to end DEI by the end of the week," said Sharpton, president of ...

“Everything that Dr. King stood for, Donald Trump has stated clearly he wants to dislodge," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, which is hosting a rally at a ...