Forgetting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

I cannot speak from any Christian (or even religious) perspective, but I do remember the 1960s civil rights struggles, from the perspective of a supporter. My recollection is that liberal northern churches supported the movement. There were pastors in more conservative northern churches who also did, and they were very brave and faced pushback in their churches. There were evangelical churches in the South that supported it. But they were Black evangelical churches. Liberal Black churches in the urban areas of the south were also involved (and Martin Luther King was a leader from that group). Southern white evangelical churches were, as far as I know, not involved, at best. And “respectable”, “moderate”, “mainstream” southern white churches were either in hiding or were participating on the wrong side. Are present-day denominations deliberately downplaying this history? Or am I wrong in painting this picture?

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