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The Black Church

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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song will explore the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews.

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The Black Church

Episode 2

Discover how the Black church expanded to address social inequality.

Members of the Pentecostal church praising the Lord.

Members of the Pentecostal church praising the Lord.

The Black Church

Episode 1

Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion.

The Black Church

Cornerstones | The Servant

The Servant taught others how to serve more deeply, not as a slave, but as a free man.

The Black Church

Cornerstones | The Reader

The Reader risked his life to bring to the Church what should have never been prohibited.

The Black Church

Cornerstones | The Hymnist

The Hymnist sang praises to celebrate the soul's salvation and save the body from slavery.