Church People in the Struggle
The National Council of Churches and the Black Freedom Movement, 1950-1970
Series: Religion in America;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 4 June 1998
- ISBN 9780195118124
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 233x156x19 mm
- Weight 404 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 pp halftone plates 0
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Short description:
This is the first study to examine the relationship between the mainstream Protestant Churches and the Civil Rights the mainstream Protestant Churches and the Civil Rights
MoreLong description:
The role of the African American Churches in the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's has received a great deal of scholarly attention. Little has been written, however, about the contributions of the predominantly white denominations. This pathbreaking study focuses on the role played by the ecumenical National Council of Churches (NCC), which represented the white northern mainline churches.
Drawing heavily on interviews and untapped archival materials, Findlay charts the awakening of the NCC leadership to the plight of southern blacks, and demonstrates the key role played by the organization in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He examines in detail the active part played by NCC groups in the `Freedom Summer' and their long-term involvement in the civil rights movement in Mississippi, including the Delta Ministry, which worked with local blacks in the areas of job and housing and provided much-needed support for the Movement-sponsored Head Start programme and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party. In his concluding chapters, Findlay portrays a rising tide of black resentment of white liberal `paternalism.' He goes on to link the rise of black power inside and outside the religious community to the decline of church participation and interest in addressing the critical problems of racism and inequality in the U.S.
From the cloth edition; `Truly a pathbreaking manuscript, the work of painstaking and meticulous research ... a tour de force in academic detective work.'Leonard Sweet, President, United Theological Seminary
