February 14, 2021
How the Black Church Embraces Tragic History and the Fervor of Faith Read full article Oops! John White/US National Archives/Getty “It was out in the country, far from home, far from my foster home, on a dark Sunday night. The road wandered from our rambling log‑house up the stony bed of a creek, past wheat and corn, until we could hear dimly across the fields a rhythmic cadence of song,—soft, thrilling, powerful, that swelled and died sorrowfully in our ears. I was a country schoolteache...