A moving, two-part PBS series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. exploring 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 slavery to emancipation. 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. Includes interviews with cultural influencers Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Hudson.
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