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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
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A rejoicing and authoritative 400-year history of the centrality of Christian faith, the community of Black churches in the creation and the shaping of culture and community for Black Americans. Gates shows us the resilience and power of the institution, its' deep-rooted, wide legacy and indelible influence. Without a full acknowledgment of this story, there is no full recounting of America’s history. Woven throughout is Gate’s personal story, the evolution of African American art forms, the artistic and aesthetic expressions given life, and the evolution of protest, dissent and witness.
The companion book to the upcoming PBS series.
For the young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., growing up in a small, segregated West Virginia town, the church was his family and his community's true center of gravity. Within those walls, voices were lifted up in...