Free At Last Quotes

“the black church helped African Americans survive the harshest forms of oppression and developed a revolutionary appeal for universal communal spirituality. The black church didn’t just theorize about democracy, it practiced democracy. From its roots there flowered the civil rights movement — creative, inclusive, and nonviolent.”
― U.S. Department of State, Free At Last: A History Of The Civil Rights Movement And Those Who Died In The Struggle