Activism Cuts into the Political Might of S.C. Black Church

Before delivering his Sunday sermon this week, Rev. Joseph Darby took a moment to address the elephant in the room: the upcoming South Carolina Democratic primary.

Just because a candidate “ran strong in two of the whitest states in America, that doesn’t mean they’re going to run strong in South Carolina,” he told worshippers at Nichols Chapel AME. “Let the church say ’amen!”

Parishioners, many nodding in agreement, replied in unison: “Amen!”