Adelle Banks

As the 100th anniversary of #BlackHistoryMonth is observed, I hope to create a thread of my related @RNS stories. Please check out links below. (RNS photo/Kit Doyle)

“We cannot allow what happened that day 11 years ago to prevent us from still welcoming strangers,” said the executive director of the Mother Emanuel Memorial Foundation.

Tyler Perry on the gospel music stars who appear in his movie “The Gospel of Christmas”: “when I made all of these phone calls, everybody made themselves available.”

After the midterms, religious Democrats heading to the Capitol and progressive groups concerned about religion are outlining legislative agendas.

Here’s @RNS video clip of my interview with Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III about how he learned at his Texas church that he was elected a member of Congress:

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