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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Published in:Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 1995-01, Vol.124 (1), p.101-117
Main Author: Clayton, Obie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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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Summary: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