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The Black Church

Episode 2

Season 1 Episode 2

Discover how the Black church expanded its reach to address social inequality and minister to those in need, from the Jim Crow South to the heroic phase of the civil rights movement and the Black church’s role in the present.

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Members of the Pentecostal church praising the Lord.
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Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion.
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