Long March Ahead

"R. Drew Smith's "Long March Ahead" is an excellent collection of essays which points to the strengths and weaknesses of black churches in the public policy arena. While they remain key mobilizing institutions in black communities, the churches have not developed a coherent voice on significant public policy issues such as welfare reform in the post-civil rights era. Everyone concerned about the future of black churches in the twenty-first century needs to ponder the implications of these important case studies."--Lawrence H. Mamiya, coauthor of "The Black Church in the African American Experience"

R. Drew Smith is Director of the Public Influences of African American Churches project and Scholar-in-Residence at the Leadership Center at Morehouse College in Atlanta.