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Committed “armies of compassion”: African American churches building and sutaining community

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Wallace, S.L. Committed “armies of compassion”: African American churches building and sutaining community. Rev Black Polit Econ 30, 67–88 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02687551

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