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Sermon delivered at Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, New York : [manuscript]
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MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 68
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[1943] (Creation)
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6 leaves of textual records : typescript ; 22 x 27 cm
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(1892-1974)
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File contains an undated, untitled fragment (lacking the first of seven pages) of a sermon delivered by Kenneth Leslie at Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, New York. The sermon was likely given October 24th, 1943, entitled "God -- Empty Church", a later version of which appeared in the December 1943 issue of The Protestant. File addresses the threat posed by both the Papacy and Martin Luther to the Baptists, stating that Luther was not "for the people" and that "Baptists ... were massacred with the people by both Luther and the Pope". File expresses the notion that since the success of the Russian Revolution and communism, "the opportunity for free religion is here, [...as] religion has not, nor can be free under capitalism". File also addresses the role in Leslie's 'The Protestant' (The pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was serving on the editorial board of 'The Protestant' at this time) in ensuring the opportunity for free religion in a American capitalist socioeconomic system that prevents it.
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Lacking first page; faint soiling to margins; corner creasing
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- English
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Previously housed in series "B" at accession.
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- Leslie, Kenneth (Subject)