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Martin Luther King Jr. and Howard Kester at
the Conference on Christian Faith and Human
Relations, Scarritt College, Nashville, April 25,
1957. Photographer: Jack Gunter, courtesy
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections.
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If you would like a printable version then here you go.
In the article, I look at the failed attempt by some remarkable southern Christians in the 1950s to mobilize white moderate Protestants in support of desegregation. It is really my response as a church historian to this 'Trump moment' in the American church.
It is the by-product of the research I did into the life and work of Howard Kester for a chapter in the upcoming book Can I Get a Witness? Thirteen Peacemakers, Community-Builders, and Agitators for Faith and Justice.
