The Churches and Social Change: Accommodation, Moderation, or Protest

Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study 'An American Dilemma' emphasized the importance of the role of black churches in African American society. Black churches led the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, while southern white churches supported racism or were silent on the issue. Africa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 1995-01, Vol.124 (1), p.101-117
1. Verfasser:	Clayton, Obie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activism African American churches African American culture African American religious groups African Americans Black communities Black culture Black history Black Muslims Black White Relations Blacks Christianity Churches Civil rights movements Influence Myrdal, Gunnar Myrdal, Karl Gunnar Race relations Religion Religion Politics Relationship Religious aspects Religious segregation Social Change Social life & customs Southern States U.S.A United States White people Whites
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Zusammenfassung:	Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study 'An American Dilemma' emphasized the importance of the role of black churches in African American society. Black churches led the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, while southern white churches supported racism or were silent on the issue. African American men in urban areas abandoned black churches as social and economic conditions deteriorated and the churches failed to meet their needs. Islam gained followers in the black community through its support of racial pride and black power.
ISSN:	0011-5266 1548-6192