MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS) — The Rev. Cleophus Smith marched in 1968 with black laborers supported by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in their efforts to improve working conditions. A month before the 50th ...

The Rev. Cleophus Smith remembers the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s last sermon. The 75-year-old sanitation worker recalls the contrast on that day between the weather outside the church and the ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Rev. Cleophus Smith gets choked up when he recalls the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last sermon. The 75-year-old sanitation worker remembers the contrast on that day five decades ...

A group of the surviving members of the heroic Memphis protesters was recently honored at the NAACP Image Awards. (L to R) Rev. Cleophus Smith, Ozell Ueal, James Winton, Elmore Nickleberry. A group of ...

Rachel Elizabeth Woods was born January 25, 1955, to Rev. Cleophus Sr. and Mary E. Woods. Rachel departed this earth on February 22, 2023, at the age of 68. She was preceded in death by her parents ...

Religion News Service is marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with stories and commentaries looking back at the tragic, momentous event. The rest of the ...