![]() ![]() ![]() The Black Church relates how slaveholders encouraged Christianity (or at least parts of it) among their slaves, often in the hopes of making them easier to control. Many later became major forces in the Civil Rights Movement and politics (where they remain influential to this day). These communities, most of which had their beginnings in Methodist, Episcopalian, Baptist and Pentecostal traditions, grew from informal gatherings to formal structures that were enormously important for social support and education. ![]() Gates travels the country to discover how Christianity spread among enslaved people and developed its own unique culture and traditions, eventually leading to the creation of distinct Christian communities. He’s also the author of the companion volume of the same name, which comes out Feb. is host for the four-hour presentation from McGee Media, Inkwell Films and WETA Washington, D.C. Scholar, literary critic, filmmaker and journalist Dr. ET/PT (check local listings), PBS presents The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, an impressive, sweeping survey of the rise of Christian institutions rooted in the experience of enslaved Africans and their descendants in America - or at least the ones that weren’t Catholic. Caption: Host Henry Louis Gates Jr., admires the mural at Church of God In Christ West Angeles, in ‘The Black Church’ on PBS. ![]()
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