by Kenyatta Gilbert | Mar 11, 2021 | Articles
Baylor alum’s message hits at the confluence of faith, race and social...
by Kenyatta Gilbert | Aug 12, 2020 | Articles
U.S. Congressman John Robert Lewis was a Black preacher, inescapably so.Like his spiritual mentor, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the long-standing congressman was an ordained Black Baptist minister. It meant that he not only knew how to parse legislative briefs...
by Kenyatta Gilbert | Feb 24, 2017 | Articles
Hidden figures: How black women preachers spoke truth to power Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Howard University Each semester I greet the students who file into my preaching class at Howard University with a standard talk. The talk is not an overview of the basics...
by Kenyatta Gilbert | Jan 16, 2017 | Articles, Discussion Topics, Uncategorized
Honoring the Life, Legacy, and Vision of Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. “Indeed, King’s prophetic vision ultimately invited his martyrdom. But through the prophetic preaching tradition already well established by his time, King brought people of every tribe,...
