Olivet Church became the largest African American church -- and the largest ... Church socials, Sunday picnics, Bible study and praise meetings encouraged social cohesion, heightened a sense ...

Our faith cannot be hindered.” During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s, African American churches provided their members emotional, moral, physical and spiritual support.

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund ... During the civil rights movement, the church served as a meeting place for the foot soldiers on Bloody Sunday before the Selma to Montgomery ...