Fighting the good fight : the story of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 1865-1977 /

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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 chronicle...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roberson, Houston Bryan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Subjects:
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.) > History.
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
African Americans > Religion.
Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Baptists.
Noirs américains > Religion.
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Réconciliation > Aspect religieux > Baptistes.
RELIGION > Christianity > Baptist.
African Americans > Religion
Race relations
Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Baptists
Baptisten.
Rassendiscriminatie.
Civil Rights Movement.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Church history.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Alabama > Montgomery
United States
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery (Ala.)
Church history
History
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 248 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136728976
113672897X
1299977391
9781299977396
9781315024394
131502439X

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