What many don’t know is that Marks, Miss., played a vital role in the Civil Rights Movement for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Memphis churches to offer free 12-week financial literacy program 40 churches came together to form the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis after the death of George Floyd. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 1:08 PM CDT April 8, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. A free twelve week financial literacy program begins Thursday night. It hopes to get people struggling out of debt and financially empowered. The program is being brought to Memphians virtually for free from the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis. “We want to make certain that the Black church, the African-American church, does more than make us happy on Sunday morning, Rev. Darell Harrington said. Harrington is a pastor at New Sardis Baptist Church: one of the 40 predominately black churches that came together to form the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis after the death of George Floyd.