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The Most Segregated Hour

Understanding the Historical Forces and Offering Possible Solutions to this American Evangelical Problem

 |  Eric Michael Washington
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Aliens in the Promised Land
Martin Luther King Jr. lamented that 11 a.m. on Sunday was the most segregated hour in America. Statistics suggest American Christians are more likely to worship with those in their same ethnic group. By focusing on this phenomenon among African-American Christians, we’ll consider what historical forces gave rise to the separate and independent church. How do American evangelicals understand this divide, and what are possible solutions?

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​Eric Michael Washington is an assistant professor of African and African American history and the director of African and African Diaspora Studies at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.