Showing posts with label 5 facts about blacks and religion in America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 facts about blacks and religion in America. Show all posts

Friday, February 9, 2018


By Pew Research, Feb. 07, 2018

Religion, particularly Christianity, has played an outsize role in African American history. While most Africans brought to the New World to be slaves were not Christians when they arrived, many of them and their descendants embraced Christianity, finding comfort in the Biblical message of spiritual equality and deliverance. In post-Civil War America, a burgeoning black church played a key role strengthening African American communities and in providing key support to the civil rights movement.