The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

This article and interview originally appeared in All About History magazine issue 96. "The Sword And The Shield" by Dr Peniel E Joseph is available from Basic Books. They didn't hold high public ...

A longtime civil rights leader and personal friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. James D. Peters, Jr., died on Saturday.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC ... It was here where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood with them. The church burned down during the early hours of Monday, April 28, 2025.

The Rev. James D. Peters Jr. marched with Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and later ...

It was a bastion for the national civil rights movement and supporters of Dr. Martin Luther King. It was — and always ... civil rights activists out on May 6. The Southern Christian Leadership ...

DENVER — Reverend James D. Peters, Jr., a civil rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away ...