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==Religion==

==Religion==

[[Image:President Barack Obama.jpg|thumb|150px|Barack Obama, first black president (2009- )]] Religiosity is very high and the great majority of African Americans are Protestants, with their own [[Baptist]], [[Pentecostal]], and [[Methodist]] churches.  A few are "Black Muslims."<ref>The Pluralism Project at Harvard University[http://www.pluralism.org/resources/statistics/tradition.php#Islam]  24% of American Muslims are black according to American Muslim Council's Zogby poll of August 2000.</ref>. The standard practice since Reconstruction is for black ministers to be political power brokers, and often they run for office.

[[Image:President Barack Obama.jpg|thumb|150px|Barack Obama, possibly the first black president (2009- )]] Religiosity is very high and the great majority of African Americans are Protestants, with their own [[Baptist]], [[Pentecostal]], and [[Methodist]] churches.  A few are "Black Muslims."<ref>The Pluralism Project at Harvard University[http://www.pluralism.org/resources/statistics/tradition.php#Islam]  24% of American Muslims are black according to American Muslim Council's Zogby poll of August 2000.</ref>. The standard practice since [[Reconstruction]] is for black ministers to be community spokespersons,  political power brokers, and they often run for office.

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