Ben Chavis joins the Nation of Islam.

The Christian Century | March 12, 1997 | Copyright

Benjamin Chavis, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a former leader of the denomination's Commission for Racial Justice, says he has joined the Nation of Islam, led by Louis Farrakhan. "l am affirming that the God who called me into the Christian church is the same God who is calling me into the Nation of Islam," Chavis said February 23 in Chicago.

Since leaving his position as executive director of the NAACP under a cloud of controversy in August 1994, Chavis has been a key Farrakhan aide, helping to organize the 1995 Million Man March in Washington ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

United Church of Christ says Chavis can no longer be a minister in its denomination. (Reverend Benjamin Chavis)
Magazine article from: Jet ; ...the Rev. Benjamin Chavis should no longer...he has joined the Nation of Islam. The UCC...after an appeal by Chavis, who wanted to remain...Christian minister and a Nation of Islam minister...appreciation for Ben Chavis and recommend that...was joining the Nation of Islam, ...
Chavis to head NAACP. (Benjamin Chavis, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)(News)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century ; ...organization, the National Association for...Colored People. Chavis's journey has taken...decade Land headed a national United Church effort...successful one--to get Chavis out of jail after...Justice and the National Coalition for Peace...of six children, Chavis holds degrees from...
Chavis settles suit with NAACP for sake of family; accepted much less than what he had asked. (ousted executive director Benjamin Chavis)
Magazine article from: Jet ; A bitter Benjamin Chavis said recently he accepted far less than...over his firing was hurting his family. Chavis said he felt the NAACP never intended...claims. Named executive director of the nation's oldest civil rights group in April 1993, Chavis was fired in August after using NAACP...filed by ...
Weekly Standard: Jonathan Weinberg on the Nation. (Books).(Brushes with History: Writing on Art from The Nation, 1865-2001)
Magazine article from: Artforum International ; Brushes with History: Writing on Art from The Nation, 1865-2001. Edited by Peter G. Meyer. Introduction...Arthur C. Danto. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2002. 532 pages, $20. The nation was launched in 1865 with seven objectives...
Lord of the gadflies; the Nation is pushy and obnoxious. That's why it's so great. (periodical)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly ; Lord of the Gadflies In some ways, The Nation, 1865-1990 (*) is a typical venerable...opinion, and cultural criticism. (The Nation publishes no fiction.) Nor are the two...rightward from liberal solutions while The Nation leans left. Nevertheless, the guts of...
The man who saved the nation.(A Matter of Opinion)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Progressive ; ...Victor Navasky, who's been at the helm of The Nation, our flagship for the past three decades. (And...American Left. That distinction belongs to The Nation.) Navasky has taken The Nation from 23,000 subscribers to about 184,000. He's...
The Coalition and the need to exchange preferences with One Nation.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: National Observer - Australia and World Affairs ; ...not exchange preferences with the One Nation party. It may be expected that much pressure...Doubtless quite unjustified attacks on One Nation will continue, with further attempts at...are material. THE ELECTORAL POWER OF ONE NATION By a policy of putting sitting members...
A new Farrakhan? The Nation of Islam leans toward the mainstream. (Commentary).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine ; ...what about the homegrown variety--the Nation of Islam? What's been happening in the...Louis Farrakhan? In recent years, the Nation of Islam has drawn closer to mainstream Islam. For example, in February 2000, at the Nation of Islam's annual Savior's Day celebration...
A nation's socio-psychological climate: change, determinants and value shift.
Magazine article from: Journal of Instructional Psychology ; ...term, factors that determine social climate in a nation and changes therefore in a nation's system of human values. The examples are international...course, the underlying notion of sovereignty of nations. Historians are often unable to reflect this...
The nation and nationalism in Germany.
Magazine article from: Social Research ; THE MUTABILITY OF THE IDEA OF A NATION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE of the action...clarity in the case of Germany. The nation and nationalism are closely linked: the substantive determination of what the nation should be influences the action based...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Ben Chavis joins the Nation of Islam."