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Special | 2m 37s | The Servant taught others how to serve more deeply, not as a slave, but as a free man. (2m 37s)
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Special | 2m 20s | The Reader risked his life to bring to the Church what should have never been prohibited. (2m 20s)
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Special | 2m 40s | The Hymnist sang praises to celebrate the soul's salvation and save the body from slavery. (2m 40s)
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Cornerstones: Founding Voices of the Black Church
Without people, there can’t be a church. Who made the black church possible in America?
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THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG is a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films and WETA Washington, DC. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Dyllan McGee...