Traci D. Blackmon

She is the former senior pastor of Christ the King United Church of Christ, Florissant, Missouri and was the, 2023 leading voice of frontline spiritual leaders influential in leading prayer vigils and engaging in peaceful protests during the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri after the Killing of Michael Brown in 2014.

Blackmon’s community involvement expanded to engagement with several national movements Black Lives Matter and Repairers of the Breach.

Blackmon served as a voice of reason, courage and wisdom to the distraught young activist who were in pain and in search of healing.

In a call to action, Blackmon took the Black Church to the streets of Ferguson, advocating for social justice as she and other spiritual leaders sought to address police brutality and racial conflict through her appointments to the Ferguson Commission and President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House.

[6][7][8] In 2021, Blackmon was featured in the four-part series, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This is Our Song," by Henry Louis Gates Jr. on PBS.