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Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel is unavailable, but you can change that!

African-Americans have long confronted the challenge of dignity destruction caused by white supremacy. While many have found meaning and restoration of dignity in the black church, others have found it in ethnocentric socioreligious groups and philosophies. These ideologies have grown and developed deep traction in the black community and beyond. Previously found primarily in urban communities...

strength from the deep well of their past experiences. Fueled by his unwavering belief that understanding the past in all of its fullness and complexity was not only necessary for African Americans but had the potential to transform the nation as a whole, Woodson dedicated his life to collecting, interpreting, teaching, and chronicling Black history. In an article published in the Journal of Negro History, Woodson summarized the motivation of his life’s work and declared, “if a race has no history
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