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The gospel of the working class : labor's Southern prophets in New Deal America / Erik S. Gellman, Jarod Roll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gellman, Erik S.
- Series:
- Working class in American history.
- Working class in American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor--Religious aspects--Southern States--Christianity--History--20th century.
- Labor.
- Labor--Missouri--History.
- Labor--Arkansas--History.
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
- United States.
- Southern Tenant Farmers' Union.
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.).
- People's Institute for Applied Religion.
- Williams, Claude Clossey, 1895-1979.
- Williams, Claude Clossey.
- Whitfield, Owen H., 1892-.
- Whitfield, Owen H.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors trace the influence of two southern activist preachers, one black and one white, who used their ministry to organize the working class in the 1930's and 1940's across lines of gender, race and geography.
- Contents:
- Introduction : brothers in the fight for freedom
- Southern strivings
- Seeking the kingdom of God : November 5, 1936, Claude Williams preaches at Owen Whitfield's church, Crosno, Missouri
- Prophets in the storm : April 27, 1940, Owen Whitfield addresses the Third National Negro Congress, Washington, D.C
- Religion applied
- Conclusion : clods of southern earth.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613168849
- 9781283168847
- 1283168847
- 9780252093333
- 025209333X
- OCLC:
- 785781223
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