The Black church this is our story, this is our song
"A powerful new history of the Black church in America as the Black community's abiding rock and its fortress"--
Main Author: | Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Penguin Press,
2021.
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Summary: |
"A powerful new history of the Black church in America as the Black community's abiding rock and its fortress"-- |
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Physical Description: |
xxiv, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references ([235]-251) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781984880338 1984880330 |
Author Notes: |
He has written numerous books including Colored People: A Memoir, A Chronology of African-American History, The Future of the Race, Black Literature and Literary Theory, and The Signifying Monkey: Towards a Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism. In 1991, he became the head of the African-American studies department at Harvard University. He is now the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at the university. He wrote and produced several documentaries including Wonders of the African World, America Beyond the Color Line, and African American Lives. He has also hosted PBS programs such as Wonders of the African World, Black in Latin America, and Finding Your Roots. (Bowker Author Biography) |