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How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in Atlanta

  • Written by Jason Oliver Evans, Ph.D. Student in Religious Studies, University of Virginia
imageDr. Martin Luther King Jr. preaching from his pulpit in 1960 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.Dozier Mobley/Getty Images

The high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Georgia catapulted the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church back into the spotlight. For 135 years, the church played a vital role in the fight against racism and the civil rights...

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