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Black women’s influence in the church and community during the Great Migration
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Funk music and its connection to Detroit, Michigan Poet Laureate Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd
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American Black Journal
The Black Church’s role in the Great Migration to Detroit
Season 53
Episode 4
In conjunction with PBS’ docuseries “Great Migrations,” American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the church's role and impact during the Great Migration. Pastor Lawrence Rodgers of Second Baptist Church of Detroit and Elliott Hall, the historian for Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, talk about how the Black church helped Southerners who migrated to Detroit.
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