Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds
Ordained minister, veteran journalist and seven-time author
A columnist who interviewed Presidents Reagan, Carter and Clinton, and co-author of the memoir Coretta Scott King: My Life, My Love, My Legacy.
A voice and a view, for more than fifty years
Dr. Reynolds is an ordained minister, veteran journalist and columnist who interviewed Presidents Reagan, Carter and Clinton. She is co-author of the memoir Coretta Scott King: My Life, My Love, My Legacy, a New York Times bestseller written from her thirty-year friendship with Mrs. King.
She is a seven-time author in her own right, including Out of Hell & Living Well: Healing from the Inside Out and No! I Won’t Shut Up: 30 Years of Telling It Like It Is.
She has written for many major magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Playboy, Ebony and Essence, and for USA Today, where she was a columnist and editorial board member for 13 years.
Her reporting and commentary have appeared in
- The Washington Post
- USA Today
- Chicago Tribune
- Ebony
- Essence
- Playboy
A life in the story
From registering voters in the King Movement to speaking in the Palace of Westminster.
Registering voters in the King Movement
As a young activist, she helped register Black voters during the civil rights movement.
B.A. in Journalism, The Ohio State University
The start of a newsroom career that took her to Ebony, the Chicago Tribune and USA Today.
Nieman Fellow at Harvard University
A year of study in journalism and constitutional law.
M.A. in Religious Studies, Howard University
Concentrations in feminist, womanist and Black theologies.
Doctor of Ministry, United Theological Seminary
Her dissertation, Harriet’s Children, offered a theological model of deliverance for women addicted to drugs and alcohol.
Coretta Scott King: My Life, My Love, My Legacy
A Washington Post Book to Read and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.
Speaking in the Palace of Westminster
A UK tour for the memoir, including University College London and the University of Birmingham.
Journalist
A founding editor of USA Today and a columnist for The Washington Post, she has spent five decades covering presidents, civil rights and faith.
Minister
An ordained elder at Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church in Washington, DC, chaplain for Black Women for Positive Change, and founder of Harriet’s Ministry.
Author
Seven books spanning biography, memoir, faith and healing, from Jesse Jackson: America’s David to The Rise and Fall of the Techno-Messiah.
From the archive
Moments from five decades of reporting, ministry and friendship.
Bring Dr. Reynolds to your event
Keynotes, sermons, commencements and panels.