Skip to content

I take my orders from 23-year-old queer women

A leading activist pastor speaks about the emerging face of civil rights leadership in 21st century America.

Published:
Saravangelder.png
Saravangelder.png

Rev. Sekou and professor Cornel West in Washington, D.C., 2005. Credit: YES! Magazine/Matthew Bradley / Flickr. All rights reserved.

For three months, Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou was on the ground in Ferguson, participating in daily protests and leading trainings in nonviolent civil disobedience. That work continues to this day: Sekou was arrested for the third time on Monday, July 13, while protesting the recent police shooting of Brandon Claxton in St. Louis.