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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the extraordinary ways enslaved Africans preserved and adapted their faith practices from the brutality of slavery to emancipation.
Watch The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song on your local PBS station, the PBS Video App — and on YouTube through March 16: https://to.pbs.org/3ahh8MU
Want more? Check out Episode 2: https://youtu.be/AnT3cTNU-ZI
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