New Day Begun presents the findings of the first major research project on black churches civic involvement since C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya s landmark study The Black Church in the African American Experience. Since the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the scale and scope of African American churches civic involvement have changed significantly: the number of African American clergy serving in elective and appointive offices has noticeably increased, as have joint efforts by black churches and government agencies to implement...
New Day Begun presents the findings of the first major research project on black churches civic involvement since C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence ...
