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From labor to reward : black church beginnings in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond, 1849-1972

Title
From labor to reward : black church beginnings in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond, 1849-1972 / Martha C. Taylor ; foreword by Dwight N. Hopkins.
Author
Taylor, Martha C. (Church historian)
Publication
  • Eugene, Oregon : Resource Publications, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
Hopkins, Dwight N.
Description
xxvi, 240 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
From Labor to Reward is a pioneering, epic, and groundbreaking book that fills a huge void in American religious history, black religious history, and traditions of the black church. Until now, no other book has chronicled the rich religious experiences of black church beginnings in the Bay Area. Martha C. Taylor provides penetrating insight into the early makings of the black church in the Bay Area. With attention to detail, Taylor captures the joys, frustrations, and unity of black people who left the segregated Deep South, came to the Bay Area seeking freedom only to face similar adversities of segregation, racism, housing discrimination, KKK threats of violence, and other socio-political barriers. Remarkably, these early pioneers brought their culture, traditions, and experiences from the South and built a strong vibrant religious community. From Labor to Reward speaks for the legacy of African Americans who were gospel social activists using the church as the anchor. Multiple sources of research and interviews were gathered from church records, newspaper clippings, and other written sources to tell this unknown story. This book is sure to be a classic and a must read for all persons interested in history. (Publisher).
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • African American churches > History > 19th century
  • African American churches > History > 20th century
  • African American churches > California > San Francisco > History
  • African American churches > California > Oakland > History
  • African American churches > California > Berkeley > History
  • African American churches > California > Richmond > History
  • African American churches
  • California > Berkeley
  • California > Oakland
  • California > Richmond
  • California > San Francisco
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Contents
Gold Rush migration era 1849-1909 -- First Great Migration 1910-1939 -- Great Migration 1940-1950 -- Civil Rights era and beyond 1950s-1972.
Call Number
Sc E 21-1401
ISBN
  • 1498232817
  • 9781498232814
  • 1498232833
  • 9781498232838
OCLC
953599301
Author
Taylor, Martha C. (Church historian)
Title
From labor to reward : black church beginnings in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond, 1849-1972 / Martha C. Taylor ; foreword by Dwight N. Hopkins.
Publisher
Eugene, Oregon : Resource Publications, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1999
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Hopkins, Dwight N., writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
Sc E 21-1401
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