Michael o emerson with a team of sociologists conducted the first systematic study of multiracial congregations 24 in the united states emersons book pre. People of the dream argues that multiracial congregations are bridge organizations that gather and facilitate cross racial friendships disproportionately housing people who have substantially more racially diverse social networks than do other americans the book concludes that multiracial congregations and the people in them may be harbingers of racial change to come in the united states. People of the dream multiracial congregations in the united states by michael o emerson with rodney m woo princeton university press 2006 261 pages 2495 cloth. Download citation people of the dream multiracial congregations in the united states review why is it still the case that religious congregations remain so segregated and given that they . Request pdf people of the dream multiracial congregations in the united states it is sometimes said that the most segregated time of the week in the united states is sunday morning even as