Smart suits, tattered boots : Black ministers mobilizing the Black church in the twenty-first century / Korie Little Edwards and Michelle Oyakawa. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Korie L., author.

Oyakawa, Michelle, author.

Series:

NYU scholarship online.

NYU scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American clergy--Political activity.

African American clergy.

Presidents--United States--Election--21st century.

Presidents.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--21st century.

Civil rights movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with many of his Black religious contemporaries, courageously mobilised for freedom, ushering in the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century. Their efforts laid the groundwork for some of the greatest legislative changes in American history. Today, however, there is relatively limited mass mobilisation led by Black religious leaders against systemic racism and racial inequality. Why don't we see more Black religious leadership in today's civil rights movements, such as Black Lives Matter? Drawing on 54 in-depth interviews with Black religious leaders and civic leaders in Ohio, Korie Litte Edwards and Michelle Oyakawa uncover several reasons.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

1. On the Front Lines

2. The Obama Effect

3. The Civil Rights Movement Credential

4. The Black Protestant Ethic

5. A Different Ballgame

6. The General, the Warrior, and the Protégé

Conclusion

Appendix: Methodology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 9, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2022.

ISBN:

1-4798-0893-8

9781479808946

9781479808939

OCLC:

1285166123