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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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Founded in 1773, this church is one of the first Black run institutions in the U.S.
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Rutha Mae Harris’ music lifted the spirits of those fighting for racial equality.
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In Georgia, you can find some of the deepest traces of Christianity, as well as Islam.
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Founded to be seminaries, HBCUs understood themselves to be doing the work of God.
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Prathia Hall inspired Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
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Originally simple, single melody folk songs spirituals have changed over the generations.
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In 1954, Reverend Franklin recorded his popular sermon “The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest.”
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In the early days of the phonograph, Black music recordings were marketed as Race Records.
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As women’s place in society was beginning to change, the Church struggled to accept.
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As Black Churches became prominent, white supremacists targeted these sacred places.
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For the Black Church to survive, it must be a place that is welcoming to all.
