LEESBURG, Va. – A jury on Thursday convicted an iconic figure in the civil rights movement of incest, after concluding that he had sex with his teenage daughter 15 years ago. The Rev. James L.

The Rev. James L. Bevel, 72, a fiery top lieutenant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a force behind civil rights campaigns of the 1960s whose erratic behavior and conviction on incest ...

I don’t know whether to attribute the lack of coverage accorded James Bevel’s incest trial to historical ignorance, political correctness, or the media’s inability to grasp that a man can ...

The roster of his students included John Lewis, Diane Nash, James Bevel, and Bernard Lafayette. He also worked with the students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock. He lost his job ...

Memphis Filmmaker Amp Elmore got about as close to Dr. King as anyone living Amp Elmore quit college & Joined King aide Rev James Bevel in Memphis who was the architect & strategist of the Civil ...