Book Launch: Jesus, Jobs and Justice: African American Women and
Religion Author Bettye Collier-Thomas, Professor of History,
Temple University; Patricia Sullivan, Associate Professor of
History, University of South Carolina, Daryl Scott, Professor of
History, Howard University The intersection between religion,
civil rights and women's rights in American history has
traditionally received scant attention in academic scholarship,
but with the release of her new book, Jesus, Jobs and Justice:
African American Women and Religion, Bettye Collier-Thomas has
made an enormous effort to correct this oversight. In a
discussion of the book on February 25, 2010, Collier-Thomas and
two commentators, historians Patricia Sullivan and Daryl Scott,
described her findings and their implications for the broader
study of American history. Collier-Thomas sketched out the
sweeping scope of her book, which narrates the religious
commitment and community activism of African American women from
the time of slavery up to the present