The James N. Griffith Endowed Baptist St Allied for Justice: J.C. Herrin and American Baptists in the Civil Rights Movement, (Paperback)

In April of 1968, the Rev. Julius Caesar Herrin sat at a table in the home of Martin Luther King, Jr., opening sympathy letters to Coretta. A white minister working behind the scenes in the Civil Rights Movement, Herrin assisted Historically Black Colleges and Universities seeking to strengthen weak finances and supported students working to dismantle segregation. With grant funding, Herrin awarded scholarships to activists, including John Lewis, Bernard Lafayette, Diane Nash, Bernice Johnson, and Stokely Carmichael. To do so, Herrin collaborated with leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the National Council of Churches, the Southern Project of the National Student Association, and the Southern Conference Education Fund. This biography traces Herrin's life from a mill town in North Carolina to the national scene. His life is a microcosm of struggles within the American church to create the Beloved Community.

• The James N. Griffith Endowed Baptist St Allied for Justice: J.C. Herrin and American Baptists in the Civil Rights Movement, (Paperback)
• Author: Deborah Bingham Van Broekhoven
• ISBN: 9798897360550
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2027-01-12
• Page Count: 288