African American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas

by Johnny E. Williams

Book Overview

What role did religion play in sparking the call for civil rights? Was the African American church a motivating force or a calming eddy?

The conventional view among scholars of the period is that religion as a source for social activism was marginal, conservative, or pacifying.

Not so, argues Johnny E. Williams. Focusing on the state of Arkansas as typical in the role of ecclesiastical activism, his book argues that black religion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604731869
• ISBN13: 9781604731866
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"