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Author O'Foran, Shelly

Title Little Zion : a church baptized by fire / Shelly O'Foran
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Contents Little Zion in the community -- Recollections by Sister Rosie Lee Hendricks -- Little Zion in church -- Little Zion all in the soul -- Recollections by Rev. Michael Barton
Summary One of the churches struck by probable arson in 1996 was Little Zion Baptist Church in Alabama. This book draws on the voices and memories of church members to share a history of Little Zion, from its beginnings as a brush arbor around the time of emancipation, to its key role in the civil rights movement, to its burning and its rebuilding
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Little Zion Baptist Church (Boligee, Ala.) -- History
SUBJECT Little Zion Baptist Church (Boligee, Ala.) fast
Subject African American churches -- Alabama -- Boligee
African American Baptists -- Alabama -- Boligee
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Baptist.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
African American Baptists
African American churches
SUBJECT Boligee (Ala.) -- Church history
Subject Alabama -- Boligee
Genre/Form Electronic books
Church history
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006005199
ISBN 9780807876664
0807876666
9781469606118
1469606119