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A Brief History of the Black Church’s Diversity, and its Vital Role in American Political History

By Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States. For instance, on April 20, 2010, an African American Studies professor at Princeton, Eddie S. Glaude, sparked an online debate by provocatively declaring that, despite […]

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