Kelefa Sanneh

As the civil-rights era receded, his personal heroism loomed larger. But movement politics didn’t easily translate into party politics.

We revere the man and revile the strategy, but King knew what he was doing.

Many Americans who advocate it have little interest in religion and an aversion to American culture as it currently exists. What really defines the movement?

In 1969, an activist set out to build an African-American metropolis from scratch. What would have happened if Soul City had succeeded?

The genre has been disdained by the church and mocked by secular culture. That just reassured practitioners that they were rebels on a righteous path.