41.   Black churches were focal points during the civil-rights era, she said, and a place were blacks could gather for mutual support.

42.   Black churches were the birthplaces and command centers of the civil rights movement.

43.   Blacks and Jews were killed, black churches were burned, and synagogues were blown up.

44.   Black churches also can inspire white congregations to be more engrossed in their faith.

45.   Black churches are not only spiritual bulwarks, but they also often provide social and economic aid to the needy.

46.   Black churches have been burned in Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, but the greatest number have been torched in Tennessee and South Carolina.

47.   Bledsoe and Phillips believe that more blacks are being assigned to white churches than whites to black churches.

48.   Bobby, the man he quickly came to admire, was the nervy and alluring rector of a black church.

49.   Black churches have long nurtured political and economic leadership, as well as providing spiritual uplift.

50.   A brushoff by the black church was another twist in their six-month journey to examine racism by literally walking the route of slavery.