African American preachers and politics
Subtitle: the Careys of Chicago
By: Dennis C. Dickerson.
Series: Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jackson, MS
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604734270; 9781604734287
Subjects: Carey, Archibald J. -- 1868-1931; Carey, Archibald J. -- 1908-1981; African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Politics and government; African American clergy -- Political activity -- Illinois -- Chicago; African American clergy -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950; Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-; Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations; Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Genesis in Georgia : the Careys in ministry and politics; title: Pulpit and politics in Chicago : the ministry of Archibald J. Carey, Sr.; title: Immersed in church and state : Archibald J. Carey, Sr. and religion in the public square; title: Leadership and lineage : the rise of Archibald J. Carey,  Jr.; title: Doing public theology : Archibald J. Carey, Jr. and the ministry of politics; title: Plant my feet on higher ground : Archibald J. Carey, Jr. and the national gop; title: Background benefactor : Archibald J. Carey, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement; title: Epilogue.