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1 online resource (xxi, 248 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Called to freedom, 1865-1905 -- Workers that needeth not be ashamed, 1905-1916 -- Waiting for a new day, 1916-1948 -- A prophet hath been among them, 1948-1954 -- The substance of things hoped for, 1954-1960 -- Still a plentiful harvest, 1960-1977. |
| Summary |
The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church played an important role in the Civil Rights movement-it was the backbone of the Montgomery bus boycott, which served as a model for other grassroots demonstrations and which also propelled Martin Luther King, Jr. into the national spotlight. Roberson chronicles five generations in the life of this congregation. He uses it as a lens through which to explore how the church functioned as a formative social, cultural, and political institution within a racially fractured and continually shifting cultural and civil landscape. Roberson highlights some. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.) -- History.
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Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.) |
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History. |
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Montgomery (Ala.) -- Church history.
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African Americans -- Religion.
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African Americans -- Religion. |
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Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Reconciliation -- Religious aspects -- Baptists.
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Reconciliation -- Religious aspects -- Baptists. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roberson, Houston Bryan. Fighting the good fight 0415949203 (DLC) 2004026365 (OCoLC)56967135 |
| ISBN |
9781136728976 (electronic book) |
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113672897X (electronic book) |
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1299977391 (e-book) |
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9781299977396 (e-book) |
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0415949203 |
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9780415949200 |
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0415949211 |
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9780415949217 |
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