Admiral Thrawn Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Christianity, and Gospel music, and faith in Jesus Christ really gave Black people hope during the great oppressions of the Jim Crow era. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Black Baptist Minister, who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. To people that seem to think that Christianity is a white man's religion, or that Christianity and Blacks are incongruent, you are very mistaken. Thanks to the Gospel, many Black people, although having an evil time under the Jim Crow era, had faith in God to carry them through, and hope of inheritence to their Mansion in the sky, which many Black people currently reside in and enjoy eternity in heaven. And faith in Jesus, gave them the dignity that was lacking to them in society. Some of the best Gospel music is Southern spirituals, because it was music like that that helped many oppressed Black folk make it through another day. I am a mixed-race person, so this is also my shared history. Link to post Share on other sites
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