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1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index. |
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Prologue: the fight is on in Texas -- pt. 1. From Disciples of Christ to Churches of Christ. The mother church: the Antioch Church of Christ in Midway, Texas -- "Texas is a hard field": forgotten trailblazers in African American Churches of Christ -- "A natural born killer": K.C. Thomas and the rise of African American Churches of Christ in Dallas -- pt. 2. The legacy of Marshall Keeble in Texas. The Keeble invasion: Marshall Keeble's evangelistic endeavors in the Lone Star State -- "Nothing can overcome the word of God": Luke Miller and the rise of African American Churches of Christ in East Texas -- Out on the firing line: L.H. Alexander, F.A. Livingston, and the rise of African American Churches of Christ in west Texas -- pt. 3. The legacy of G.P. Bowser in Texas. Standing on apostolic ground: G.P. Bowser, the Christian echo, and the division between African American Churches of Christ and Disciples of Christ in Texas -- "A fighter from the heart": J.S. Winston and the quest for leadeship in African American Churches of Christ in Texas -- "Just want to be the white man's brother": R.N. Hogan and the race problem in Churches of Christ -- pt. 4. The education of black Disciples of Christ and black Churches of Christ in Texas. The Booker T. Washington of Texas: J.N. Ervin and the Jarvis Christian Institute experience -- "A young Moses arose": Jack Evans and the legacy of Southwestern Christian College -- "Hard-fighting soldiers": African American Churches of Christ in Texas in the twenty-first century. |
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Print version record. |
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Keeble, Marshall, 1878-1968.
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Keeble, Marshall, 1878-1968 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgRRVRfkf7JvyR7M8khpP
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Churches of Christ -- Texas -- History.
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Churches of Christ -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Religion.
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Églises du Christ -- Texas -- Histoire.
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Églises du Christ -- Biographies.
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Noirs américains -- Religion.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Baptist.
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RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations
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African Americans -- Religion
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Churches of Christ
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Texas https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJj8XjVR9hP7dPxwVtRqcP
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Robinson, Edward J. Fight is on in Texas : A History of African American Churches of Christ in the Lone Star State, 1865-2000. Abilene : A C U Press, ©2014 9780891125334 |
| ISBN |
9780891128625 (electronic bk.) |
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089112862X (electronic bk.) |
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9780891125327 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0891125329 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780891125334 (paper) |
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0891125337 (paper) |
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AU@ 000056597923 |
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