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Theology and Black Lives Matter
Professor Yolanda Pierce, Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity, talks with KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian about the history and the legacy of the Black church and its connection with the Black Lives Matter movement.
By Jonathan Bastian • • 51m ListenProfessor Yolanda Pierce, Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity, talks with KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian about the history and the legacy of the Black church and its connection with the Black Lives Matter movement.
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2 storiesThe history, legacy and future of the Black Church
Howard University professor Yolanda Pierce talks with KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian about the origins of the Black church from slavery to the Civil Rights movement and it’s legacy to Black activists and Liberation.
Read the story27 minThe role of spirituality and prayer in the Black Lives Matter movement
KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian talks with Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and Professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and Hebah Ferrag, assistant director of research at USC Center for…
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