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Watch Dr. Lorn Foster, Jackie Broxton and Paster Eddie Anderson in a virtual panel on the history of the black church in Los Angeles.
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John Legend attributes his faith-oriented upbringing to his successful music career.
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As women’s place in society was beginning to change, the Church struggled to accept.
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In the first decade after the Civil War, many Black Churches were built across the South.
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Reverend Cain started rebuilding Charleston’s staple Black church after it was destroyed.
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Rutha Mae Harris’ music lifted the spirits of those fighting for racial equality.
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Prathia Hall inspired Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
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In 1949, Thurman published “Jesus and the Disinherited,'' promoting non-violence.
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Between 1920 and 1960, African Americans were able to demand accountability.
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In 1954, Reverend Franklin recorded his popular sermon “The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest.”
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As Black political activism evolves, new school activists abandon the church, but not God.
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In the early days of the phonograph, Black music recordings were marketed as Race Records.
