About
Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.
Rev. Augustus Corbett, Esq. has been fighting for racial justice since his teenage years in the 1960s and 70s. He remembers segregation vividly—attending a segregated elementary school, being forced to use back or side entrances at restaurants, doctors’ offices, and movie theaters, and witnessing the exploitation of contract leasing and sharecropping. Even then, he stood boldly against white supremacy.
Raised in the church, Rev. Corbett grew up hearing sermons about racial justice and righteous living—two pillars he later recognized as foundational to God’s Kingdom. Yet, like many young men, he was pulled toward the streets. At 14, he dropped out of high school and moved to New York, where he became a Five Percenter and left his Christian upbringing to embrace Islam. Eventually, he left Islam and returned to Christ. In Scripture, he rediscovered what he had heard as a child: the Lord is as committed to racial justice as He is to righteous living.
Looking back, Rev. Corbett sees God’s providence in leading him into both ministry and the legal profession. He believes the Lord even used the streets to prepare him—shaping his understanding of struggle, resilience, and the realities facing the African American community. These experiences uniquely equipped him for the work of righteousness and justice he leads today.
For Rev. Corbett, fighting for racial equality is not simply a mission—it is his passion, calling, and mandate. While he celebrates the progress African Americans have achieved, he knows the work is far from over. The Trump administration is working daily to roll back hard-won gains in civil rights, voting rights, fair housing, education, employment, wealth building, and more—often through executive orders and policies.