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I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.

— Oprah Winfrey

“Back then, Black churches were a small piece of peace. Church was a world where, even with its imperfections, the offer of equality and…

— Janelle Gray

“If we're serious about rebuilding and restoring what was lost in our communities, in our families, in society, it really does start here. (Reclaiming…

— Carlos Wallace

“[T]he Black Church's inflexibility on same-sex marriage and homophobia continues to imperil the moral health and social capital of communities of color. It is…

— Sikivu Hutchinson in Moral Combat Black Atheists Gender Politics and the Values Wars

Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity.

— Barack Obama

I think that the problem of the American negro goes beyond the principle of any organization whether it's a religious, political, or otherwise.

— Malcolm X

“The black church is quite literally a sounding board for vetting ideas and voicing frustrations so black folk can stay sane in the midst…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“Racism was an important moral issue, one that the church needed to confront. Putting a black man in a position of honor and authority…

— Timothy B. Tyson

When you go to a church and you see the pastor of that church with a philosophy and a program that's designed to bring…

— Malcolm X

The most successful educational approach to the Negro is throgh a religious appeal. We do not want word to go out that we want…

— Margaret Sanger

“The black church must preach the truth and become a place where all men can come and hear the word without feeling they will…

— J.L. King

I think in this phase, after the Negro emerges in and from the desegregated society, then a great deal of time must be spent…

— Martin Luther King, Jr