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The Black Church
Al Sharpton Speaks on the Importance of the Black Church
In the first decade after the Civil War, thousands of Black Churches were built across the South to uplift a community that had been degraded in bondage.
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Discover how the Black church expanded to address social inequality.
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Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion.