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Tell me where would I be?  Where would I be?  This was one of the choir anthems of the 1980s in many Southern, Black Baptist churches. I remember it well as a young girl growing up in Ebenezer Baptist Church West in Athens, Georgia.  The adult choir, in their maroon-and-white robes, would march down the aisles to lead the congregation into morning praise. I instantly thought about this childhood memory while I watched the newly released PBS documentary, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song.” “If it had not been for the Lord on my side,” along with many other well-known Negro spirituals, hymns and gospel music, provided a rich, soulful backdrop for this four-hour series on the history of the most significant institution within the African American community.  

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