Eventually Obama broke with Wright and left Trinity, but his speech illuminated the role of the black church in the African American experience ... to reading the Bible. Many Southerners were ...

Famous Black artists ... assemblage art trailblazer and creator of a broad body of work exploring American social, political and economic issues, plus spirituality, mysticism and African traditions.

Thus, an idea introduced in the late 19th century by preachers seeking to promote African American uplift and racial justice became, over time, a rhetorical weapon used against Jews by Black ...

“[These] 120-year-old iconic works of art have succumbed to the environment and need to be cleaned, repaired, and restored to continue to shed light on this active, Black congregation.