{"id":9236,"date":"2021-02-19T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/three-quarters-of-black-americans-say-black-churches-have-helped-promote-racial-equality\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:57:20","slug":"three-quarters-of-black-americans-say-black-churches-have-helped-promote-racial-equality","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/02\/19\/three-quarters-of-black-americans-say-black-churches-have-helped-promote-racial-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-quarters of Black Americans say Black churches have helped promote racial equality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Majorities of Black adults say Black churches have done at least some to help Black Americans. (William DeShazer for The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Though primarily places of worship, Black churches have long played prominent roles in African American communities, offering services such as job training programs and insurance cooperatives, and many of their pastors have advocated for racial equality. Today, around three-quarters of Black adults say predominantly Black churches have done either \u201ca great deal\u201d (29%) or \u201csome\u201d (48%) to help Black people move toward equality in the United States, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is lower than the share of Black adults crediting civil rights organizations a great deal or some (89%) but higher than the share who credit the federal government (55%), predominantly Black Muslim organizations such as the Nation of Islam (54%), or predominantly White churches (38%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>