Dr. Rick Rigsby is the founder of Impact Family Ministries and professor of Communication at Texas A&M University. Dr. Rigsby provides an historical overview of how the African-American's plight was positively influenced by the church.

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Rick Rigsby

Dr. Rick Rigsby is President and CEO of Rick Rigsby Communications. The former award-winning journalist followed a television career with graduate school—and two decades as a college professor, most of those years at Texas A&M University, where he also served as character coach and chaplain for the Aggies football team.