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Who wrote “Divine White Right: A Study of Race Segregation and Interracial Cooperation in Religious Organizations”?

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Trevor Bowen

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What is “Divine White Right: A Study of Race, Segregation and Interracial Cooperation in Religious Organizations?”?

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A book sponsored by the Institute for Social and Religious Research

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What is the purpose of “Divine White Right”?

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To investigate the policies and practices of religious groups in the matter of race relations?

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According to “Divine White Right”, what did Frederick Douglass condemn?

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The “solution” of emigration

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According to “Divine White Right”, what is the only thing that southern white churches are doing?

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Giving money

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According to “Divine White Right”, what are the churches losing their dominance over?

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Schooling

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Who wrote “I Speak For Myself”?

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John Haynes Holmes

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What is “I Speak For Myself”?

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The autobiography of John Haynes Holmes, published in 1959

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Who was John Haynes Holmes?

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  • White Unitarian
  • Pacifist
  • Co-founder of the NAACP and ACLU
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According to John Haynes Holmes, what are his parishioners loyal to?

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Not to a creed or hierarchy, but to the manner of life

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In “I Speak For Myself”, where is the church placed in the battle for reform?

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The vanguard

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What Social Gospelers inspired John Haynes Holmes in “I Speak For Myself”?

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Walter Rauschenbusch

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To what did John Haynes Holmes change the Church of the Messiah to in 1919?

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The Community Church (non-denominational)

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In “I Speak For Myself”, who does John Haynes Holmes say was vital for the success of the NAACP?

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WEB. Du Bois

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According to “I Speak For Myself”, the Community Church was an attempt to apply _ to _?

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Democracy to religion

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According to “I Speak For Myself”, reform should not come from _ but _?

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Not from the minister, but the people

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Who wrote ‘Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church’?

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RR. Wright

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In what was the ‘Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church’ published?

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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences

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Who was RR. Wright?

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  • President of Wilberforce University
  • AME Bishop
  • Editor of the “Christian Recorder”
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In “Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church”, what is the ‘Negro Church’?

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The portion of organized Christian teaching which is conducted exclusively by Negroes among the members of their race

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According to ‘Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church’, what % of Negroes attend church?

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1/3

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According to ‘Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church’, what is the main problem with the Methodists?

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Focused too much on building a strong central organization

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In ‘Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church’, where is the church strongest?

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The small town

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According to ‘Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church’, what is the strength weakness of current ecclesiastical social work?

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There is great opportunity for it, but it is not systematic

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Who wrote "The Church and Negro Progress"?
George E. Haynes
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Where was "The Church and Negro Progress" published?
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Who was George E. Haynes?
Secretary, Commission on the Church and Race Relations, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
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According to "The Church and Negro Progress", what was clerical educational progress built on?
Missionary work
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Who wrote "87 Years Behind The Black Curtain"?
RR. Wright
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What was "87 Years Behind The Black Curtain"?
The autobiography of RR. Wright
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In "87 Years Behind The Black Curtain", what did many whites think of black education?
That is was a waste of time
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Which Social Gospeler influenced Wright, in "87 Years Behind The Black Curtain"?
Shailer Mathews
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In "87 Years Behind The Black Curtain", what were older people focused on?
Heaven
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In "87 Years Behind The Black Curtain", the bible is used by whites to do what?
Bolster their rule- black focus on heaven
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Where did Wright work with Ransom?
As assistant pastor at the Institutional Church in Chicago
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In "87 Years Behind The Black Curtain", what is home?
The fundamental union on which everything else is built
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In what did Wright find a meaning for Christianity?
Social Gospel
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Who wrote "Overcoming Racial and Religious Prejudices"?
RR. Wright
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What is "Overcoming Racial and Religious Prejudices"?
An address to the World Fellowship of the Faiths
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According to "Overcoming Racial and Religious Prejudices", what multiply any other difficulties?
Religious and racial prejudices
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In "Overcoming Racial and Religious Prejudices", prejudices are _?
Emotional
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According to "Overcoming Racial and Religious Prejudices", religion is a _ and _ of _?
Chief cause and support of race prejudice
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Who wrote "The Negro, the Hope or Despair of Christianity"?
Reverdy C. Ransom
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What is "The Negro, the Hope or Despair of Christianity"?
Book published in 1935
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In "The Negro, the Hope or Despair of Christianity", where did American democracy come from?
Jesus
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According to "The Negro, the Hope or Despair of Christianity", the American Negro tests what?
The practical application of Christianity
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In "The Negro, the Hope or Despair of Christianity", Africans are what?
The last spiritual reserves of humanity
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Who wrote "How to Cure Racial and Religious Persecution"?
James Todd
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According to "How to Cure Racial and Religious Persecution", where does race persecution come from?
Misunderstanding
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Who wrote "Interracial Justice and Goodwill"?
Philip Alan Shwartz
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According to 'Interracial Justice and Goodwill", discrimination to _ is only a small step?
Violence
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Who wrote "The Church and the Negro Spirit"?
George E. Haynes
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In "The Church and the Negro Spirit", what Negro church took an old white church?
The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church
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According to "The Church and the Negro Spirit", what are the 4 main problems for Negro churches?
* Adequate buildings * Giving fellowship to newcomers of the same faith * Adequate resources for social service * Greeting intelligent people who do not know the strains of the cities
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In "The Church and the Negro Spirit", Harlem is the best illustration of what?
An independent, voluntary Negro Church
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Who wrote "Out of the Midnight Sky: A Thanksgiving Address"?
Reverdy Ransom
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What was "Out of the Midnight Sky: A Thanksgiving Address"?
Sermon delivered in 1893 at the Mt. Zion Congregational Church, Cleveland, Ohio
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What was the message of "Out of the Midnight Sky: A Thanksgiving Address"?
Progress is not measured by technology, but by spiritual renewal, much of which is measured by the progress of African Americans
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According to "Out of the Midnight Sky", what is the crowing development of the nineteenth century?
The Parliament of Religions
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Who wrote "The Coming Vision"?
Reverdy Ransom
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What is "The Coming Vision"?
An address delivered at the General Conference of 1920 of the AME Church
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According to "The Coming Vision", what should be the mission of the AME church?
To save every man
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Who wrote "The Institutional Church and Social Settlement"?
Reverdy Ransom
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What is "The Institutional Church and Social Settlement"
Chapter of Ransom's autobiography; "Pilgrimage of Harriet Ransom's Son"
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What is the message of "The Institutional Church and Social Settlement"?
* Motivations for his Institutional Church | * Clergy objections to his church
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Who wrote "A Program for the Negro"?
Reverdy Ransom
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What is "A Program for the Negro"?
Essay in AME Church review, published 1900
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In, "A Program for the Negro", who is Ransom supporting?
Booker T. Washington

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