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African American Christianity, Pt. II: From the Civil War to the Great Migration, 1865-1920
by Laurie Maffly-Kipp, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Works Cited

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Lemann, Nicholas. The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America. New York: Knopf, 1991.

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Washington, James M. Frustrated Fellowship: The Black Baptist Quest for Social Power. Macon, GA: Mercer, 1986.

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