This Saturday, priceless religious relics from black history like Nat Turnerâ??s Bible, Harriet Tubmanâ??s hymnal and antique pews from AME churches across the country will be on view at the grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Housed within the new museum will be the Center for the Study of African American Religion, a $10 million project that aims to further research on the inextricable role spirituality has played in black Americaâ??s past and present.
I took a moment to speak with its recently appointed chief curator [and current advisor to RDâ??s â??Remapping U.S. Christianitiesâ? initiative], the Rev. Yolanda Pierce, about the goals of the center and the narrative of religion, race and resistance it hopes to tell.
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