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   For  36 Years A Black Church History Classic.

Original 1988 edition in pristine condition.  Limited copies available.

Beautifully designed and exceptionally well illustrated! 

https://freemaninstitute.com/blackcmphil.htm (annotated bibliography on the Black Church in America)

 

An illustrative and incisive study!

Journal of Southern History

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2210667?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

 

A painstaking and invaluable project!.  Combines a literate historical overview with lively visual displays of photographs and grapic artistic depictions of famous people, church buildigs, and religious artifacts.

Choice Review

 

Examines the development of the black churches in the eastern U.S., highlighting the history of some of the nations oldest congregations.  Nearly 200 b/w photos.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1243333.Climbing_Jacob_s_Ladder

 

This book is "the story of the quest by blacks to find meaning in their historical experience and to build communities in America."  https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/543414-climbing-jacob-s-ladder-the-rise-of-black-churches-in-eastern-american-cities-1740-1877?offset=1

 

 

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