Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux was a renowned Black preacher and broadcaster. Radio Diaries' series "Making Waves" looks at his life and his contentious relationship with Martin Luther King Jr.

Black religious leaders have taken to the podium to support pastor J. Drew Sheard after another pastor condemned him for publicly supporting Kamala Harris for president. Sheard presides over the ...

ESSENCE: You embodied the Black preacher in this role, but you’re also an actor, filmmaker, spoken word artist and fully immersed in the world of literary arts and performance.