The Black Preacher in America

From Nat Turner to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jesse Jackson, from the rural South to the Northern ghetto, black ministers have always been the leaders of their people. Here is the first in-depth portrait of black America's preachers, k from the least known to the most influential. Their story begins in the time of slavery and ends with their fears and hopes for the future. It is told by a distinguished professor who, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote "Black Power."