{"id":8729,"date":"2021-10-19T10:58:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:56:31","slug":"across-religious-groups-a-majority-of-black-americans-say-opposing-racism-is-an-essential-part-of-their-faith","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/10\/19\/across-religious-groups-a-majority-of-black-americans-say-opposing-racism-is-an-essential-part-of-their-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Across religious groups, a majority of Black Americans say opposing racism is an essential part of their faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Worshippers attend a service at First Baptist Church North Tulsa on May 30, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The intersection of race and religion has played an important role<\/a> in the civic lives of Black Americans for more than two centuries. From hosting antebellum abolitionist meetings to serving as centers for social movements in the mid-20th century, Black houses of worship have often been the foundation from which public battles for freedom and racial equality have been waged. At the same time, race plays a fundamental and complex role in the religious and personal lives of Black adults, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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