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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

Season 1
Trace the history of the Black Church in America. From enslavement to today, the series explores key events shaping an institution at the heart of African American communities on the frontlines of hope and change.
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  1. S1 E1 - Part 1

    February 15, 2021
    1 h 49 min
    TV-14
    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the extraordinary ways enslaved Africans preserved and adapted their faith practices from the brutality of slavery to emancipation.
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  2. S1 E2 - Part 2

    February 15, 2021
    1 h 49 min
    TV-14
    Discover how the Black Church expanded its reach to address social inequality and minister to those in need, from the Jim Crow South to the heroic phase of the civil rights movement and the Black Church’s role in the present.
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