Black Women and Black Religion. Ella Mitchell, keynote speaker

Dr. Ella Mitchell gives a lecture about Black women in Black religion. She gives a series of questions to discuss the topic. Those questions deal with the biblical and cultural basis for the oppression of women in ministry within the Black church. Dr. Mitchell offers answers to the questions posed through scriptures such as 1st Corinthians 14:31 and Timothy 2:12. These biblical scriptures (along with generational put downs and self-esteem issues of women) are the basis for the oppression of women according to Dr. Mitchell. She gives examples in the AME, AME Zion and New Testament Baptist Church of Chicago (Rev. Judy Trim) of breakthroughs for women in the Black church. Her husband Dr. Henry Mitchell, Dr. Riggins Earl Jr. and Cornell West are among those in the audience.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.