Fighting the good fight : the story of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 1865-1977
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.
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
xxi, 248 pages ; 24 cm
9780415949200, 9780415949217, 0415949203, 0415949211
56967135
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