01773cam a2200289 4500 759797010 TxAuBib 20210715120000.0 210624s2021||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2021006533 9781432887841 lg. print : alk. paper 143288784X lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. The Black church [Large Type Book] : this is our story, this is our song / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Large print ed. [Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2021. 399 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print Black voices Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-389). "For the young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., growing up in a small, segregated West Virginia town, the church was his family and his community's true center of gravity. In this book, Gates takes us from his own experience onto a journey across more than four hundred years and spanning the entire country. At road's end, we emerge with a new understanding of the centrality of the Black church to the American story--as a cultural and political force, as the center of resistance to slavery and white supremacy, as an incubator of talent, and as a crucible for working through the community's most important issues, down to today"--From the publisher's web site. 20210715. African American churches History. African Americans Religion History. Thorndike Press large print Black voices. RV8