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Routledge Fighting the Good Fight: Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

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This historical narrative chronicles the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church from 1865 to 1977, exploring its pivotal role as a backbone of the Montgomery bus boycott and its influence on the Civil Rights movement. Author Roberson traces five generations within the congregation, examining how this church functioned as a formative social, cultural, and political institution across a racially fractured American landscape. The work illuminates the church's essential contribution to grassroots demonstrations and its role in propelling Martin Luther King, Jr. into national prominence. By using the Dexter Avenue congregation as a lens, the book reveals how religious communities shaped civil rights activism and responded to continually shifting cultural circumstances. A comprehensive exploration of faith, community organising, and social change in twentieth-century America.

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The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church account spans five generations, providing deep historical context from 1865 through 1977.

Roberson examines the church's central role in organising the Montgomery bus boycott, a grassroots movement that became a template for civil rights activism.

The book explores how the Dexter Avenue congregation functioned as a formative social, cultural, and political institution within racially divided communities.

Published by Routledge, this biography combines detailed church history with broader Civil Rights movement scholarship and social analysis.

The narrative connects religious institutional life to national political movements and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s emergence as a civil rights leader.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
24 June 2005
Listed Since
09 February 2007

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