Black Church

This video features a brief documentary on the Black Church. The ministries of the Bethel A.M.E. church of Baltimore, Maryland are highlighted. There are comments by the Pastor Rev. Dr. Frank Reed III and C. Eric Lincoln on the role of the Black church in American History. C. Eric Lincoln also discusses the decline of the Black church.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.