They were the leaders of the US Civil Rights era, but what role do Black clergy play in today’s BLM movement?
![Demonstrators hold a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest against racial inequality after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, in front of the Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York in June 2020 [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RTS3BKC1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Lerone Jonathan Wilder
Lerone Jonathan Wilder, PhD, is Pastor of the historic Mattoon Presbyterian Church (USA), a predominantly African American congregation in Greenville, South Carolina. He is also affiliate faculty of World Religions and Leadership and Spirituality at Union Institute & University, adjunct faculty of African American Studies at the University of South Carolina and adjunct faculty of Philosophy and Religion at Claflin University.
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Lerone Jonathan Wilder, PhD, is Pastor of the historic Mattoon Presbyterian Church (USA), a predominantly African American congregation in Greenville, South Carolina. He is also affiliate faculty of World Religions and Leadership and Spirituality at Union Institute & University, adjunct faculty of African American Studies at the University of South Carolina and adjunct faculty of Philosophy and Religion at Claflin University.
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