Political Strategist Arnold Pinkney spoke about the affect this bill will have in the Black community.

According to the church’s website, Dr. C. Jay Matthews was named pastor of the church in January 1988.

"That which doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.” Friedrich Neitzche said it, but the famous quote probably hasn’t been referred to as much as when it’s used during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Creecy, 57, was elected SCLC president in January after Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., declined the position. Before that, Creecy had served as the interim president of the civil rights organization founded by Martin King and other civil rights leaders in 1957.

The Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) held its inaugural Founding Assembly on Monday, June 6, at the Masonic Temple located at 3615 Euclid Avenue.

The Atlanta pastor facing four civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual coercion settled the cases out-of-court, his church announced May 26, but the agreement leaves plenty of questions unanswered.