Volunteers outside the Christian Cultural Center in New York register new voters as part of the ‘Souls to the Polls’ initiative. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews October 30, 2020 The Black Church has been getting ‘souls to the polls’ for more than 60 years David D. Daniels III, McCormick Theological Seminary From the civil rights era to the 2020 election, Black Churches have been at the forefront of encouraging voter registration – and fighting voter suppression.