Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks, executive director and CEO of the National Black Justice Coalition in Washington, D.C., appears in a still from the documentary, “The New Black.” (PHOTO: THE NEW BLACK)

A documentary being broadcast by PBS titled, “The New Black,” examines how the Christian right capitalizes on “homophobia in the black community’s institutional pillar — the black church” in order to “pursue an anti-gay political agenda.”

“The New Black” aims to portray how the African-American communi

Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks, executive director and CEO of the National Black Justice Coalition in Washington, D.C., appears in a still from the documentary, “The New Black.” (PHOTO: THE NEW BLACK)

A documentary being broadcast by PBS titled, “The New Black,” examines how the Christian right capitalizes on “homophobia in the black community’s institutional pillar — the black church” in order to “pursue an anti-gay political agenda.”

“The New Black” aims to portray how the African-American communi