Title: The African American church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963 : a shelter in the storm /
Authors: Fallin, Wilson, 1942-
Publisher: Garland Pub.,
Year: 1997
Subjects: African American churches Alabama Birmingham.; African Americans Alabama Birmingham Religion.; Birmingham (Ala.) Church history.
Contents: Ch. I. Slavery, Religion, and African American Churches -- Ch. II. Migration and the Formation of African American Churches in the New South City of Birmingham -- Ch. III. Expansion and African American Church Life -- Ch. IV. Leadership, Institution Building and the African American Church in Birmingham -- Ch. V. The African American Church Between the World Wars: Continuity and Preservation -- Ch. VI. The African American Church Between the World Wars: Communism and New Religious Responses -- Ch. VII. Rising Militancy and the African American Church From World War II to the Civil Rights Movement -- Ch. VIII. The African American Church and the Civil Rights Movement.