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Looks at the impact of the Christian Recorder, the official religious weekly newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, during the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction eras, and analyzes the positions of Church leaders and other Black leaders on issues including voting rights, politics, education, the African emigration movement, and women's roles. Includes a bibliographic essay, and b&w photos and illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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"looks at the impact of the Christian Recorder during the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction eras"

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The Christian Recorder was first published in 1852 in Philadelphia. Although it was the official newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, it was much more than a religious weekly. In many ways, the Recorder became the voice of black America in the Reconstruction and the post-Reconstruction eras. From the pages of the Recorder, the positions of the AME Church and black leaders on civil rights, voting rights, politics, education, the African emigration movement, family, and women are analyzed in this unique work.

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The Christian Recorder was first published in 1852 in Philadelphia. Although it was the official newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, it was much more than a religious weekly. In many ways, the Recorder became the voice of black America in the Reconstruction and the post-Reconstruction eras. From the pages of the Recorder, the positions of the AME Church and black leaders on civil rights, voting rights, politics, education, the African emigration movement, family, and women are analyzed in this unique work.

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