The group was performing in a Moscow church, protesting the growing closeness between church and state under Russian President Vladimir Putin, but they became international celebrities when three members were arrested by the Russian authorities a few weeks later.
Several community groups and black churches protested South Shore's acquisition of Indecorp, the largest black-owned bank in Chicago, in 1995.
Zimmerman, who is himself of mixed race (of Latino, black, and white descent), did not have a history of racism, and his family has claimed that he had previously volunteered handing out leaflets at black churches protesting the assault of a homeless black man.
In life, Mr. Pouillon had a jumble of experiences: Vietnam, fatherhood, divorce, church, protests, illness.
Liz Linale, 60, remembered the first time she saw the Westboro Baptist church protest against gay people, with signs praising Aids, when she marched in Washington DC in the 1990s.
NAIROBI, Kenya — At least eight people were killed and a dozen altar boys arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after security forces cracked down on planned church protests against President Joseph Kabila's refusal to leave office before coming elections.
"People left here saying, 'We've been to church!' " Protest for Gay Rights In contrast to recent conventions that provoked controversy for statements like one calling on women to submit graciously to their husbands and another calling for the proselytizing of Jews, the gathering inside the Superdome this week was largely devoid of high-profile divisive issues.
She said the church protest was "not an act of hooliganism, definitely not an anti-religious act" but a "political performance" against President Putin.
Many Russians were outraged by Pussy Riot's church protest and supported "the right of the majority to worship in peace".
