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Saints in the Struggle
Church of God in Christ Activists in the Memphis Civil Rights Movement, 1954ā1968
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Saints in the Struggle
Church of God in Christ Activists in the Memphis Civil Rights Movement, 1954ā1968
About this book
Mason Temple, the headquarters of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), looms large in the history of the Civil Rights Movement because of its connection to the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who delivered his last sermon there during the Sanitation Workers Strike on April 3, 1968. This book highlights the unsung contributions local activists from the COGIC made to the historic strike and to the broader civil rights struggle in Memphis. It troubles the rigid otherworldly versus this-worldly binary that has inaccurately framed black religious activism and bolstered the view that saints' theology influenced their detachment from the civil rights struggle. It explores the Memphis Movement from the angle of activist saints and describes their involvements in civil rights organizations such as the Ministers and Citizens League, the Memphis Branch of the NAACP, and the Community on the Move for Equality. Ultimately, analysis of Memphis saints' activism reveals local grassroots activists' vigorous commitment to working to galvanize and mobilize black pastors and churches to work collaboratively to advance the freedom struggle, including through coordinating voter registration drives, aiding desegregation efforts, and assisting sanitation workers in their struggle for economic justice. This work provides a historical blueprint and a source of inspiration for fostering collective activism among denominationally diverse black churches in the 21st century.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. āOur Inheritance as American Citizensā: A Foundation for Saintsā Political Activism
- Chapter Two. āMinisters behind the Drive for Votesā: Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. and Electoral Activism in Memphis, 1950s and 1960s
- Chapter Three. āJoin and Donateā: Bishop J.O. Patterson Sr. and Memphis NAACP Membership Drives, 1960s
- Chapter Four. āTo Be Martin Luther Kingsā: Elder G. E. Patterson and the Sanitation Workersā Strike, 1968
- Chapter Five. āThe Rough Draft of Historyā: Implications of Activist Saintsā Limited Coverage in Memphis Newspapers in 1968
- Epilogue. Continued Peaceful Christian Persuasion: The Civil Rights Legacy of Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr.
- Appendix. Semi-Structured Interview Questions
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author