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Jim Crow and the transformation of African American religion in the Delta, 1875-1915
Challenging the traditional interpretation that the years between Reconstruction and World War I were a period when Blacks made only marginal advances in religion, politics, and social life, John Giggie contends that these years marked a critical turning point in the religious history of Southern Blacks.
Introduction: African American religion in the age of segregation in the Delta -- Train travel and the Black religious imagination -- Fraternal orders, disfranchisment, and the institutional growth of Black religion -- The intersecting rhythms of spiritual and commercial life -- The material culture of religion -- The making of the African American holiness movement -- Conclusion: Delta journeys.
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New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008