Black Churches of Albany:

The Tie That Binds

African-American churches in Albany community have continued their traditional mission of providing leadership in the fields of spiritual, cultural, and educational uplift both for their members and for the community-at-large.

Join Allen Ballard as he explores the history and current role of several of Albany's African American churches.

This offering of the Neighborhood Stories at the New York State Museum series is a free event. For further information call 442-5000

Allen B. Ballard, Professor of History and Africana Studies at SUNY-Albany, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Kenyon College in Ohio and holds a Ph.D in government from Harvard University. He taught government at City College of New York for 25 years, served as Dean of Faculty for 5 years, and is now CCNY Professor Emeritus of PoliticalScience.

Dr. Ballard has published two nonfiction books, The Education of Black People (Harper and Row, 1973) and One More Day's Journey: The Story of a Family and a People (McGraw-Hill, 1984),. His articles have appeared in
scholarly and popular journals, including the New York Times Magazine. His
first novel, Where I'm Bound, was published by Simon and Schuster, October, 2000