Race, Religion, and the Pulpit: Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit

by Julia Marie Robinson and Julia Marie Robinson Moore

Book Overview

The history of one man's work during the Great Migration to create a cultural cornerstone for Detroit's African American community.

Black churches were essential community centers that made, reshaped, and galvanized urban areas during the Great Migration. In Detroit, there was one church and one minister in particular that demonstrated this power of the pulpit--Second Baptist Church of Detroit and its nineteenth pastor, the Reverend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814351433
• ISBN13: 9780814351437
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 226 Pages