The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song — Season 1, Episode 1: Part One
Documentary • 120 min • 1 season, 2 episodes • ★ 0.0/10
Episode synopsis
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 faith practices from the brutality of slavery to emancipation.
About The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
The 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews.