© Columbia University Press
The Black Churches of Brooklyn
Paper, 297 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-09981-3
$27.00
/ £16.00
December, 1994
Cloth, 297 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-09980-6
$83.50
/ £49.00
"This detailed history surveys a vital force within the Bedford-Stuyvesant community, showing how 19th-century black churches emulated the white mainstream. Pentecostalism became a major force in the early 20th century, and civil rights issues came to the fore." — Library Journal
"Brooklyn's black churches have played a vital role in the borough since the early nineteenth century. Mr. Taylor quotes contemporary newspaper accounts of church events, using description of concerts and lectures to illustrate nuances of class among various congregations . . . The Black Churches of Brooklyn offers a fine overview of a too-long-neglected chapter in New York history." — The New York Times Book Review