For many blacks, there's only one Bible, and it's the KJV

(RNS) On Sundays, C. Elizabeth Floyd, shows up for worship at Trinity
Baptist Church of Metro Atlanta, with her Bible in hand.

But the large, black leather Bible with dog-eared pages and
hand-written notes in the margins isn't just any Bible: It's the King
James Version.

And Floyd, like many African-Americans, wouldn't have it any other
way.
It's more than mere tradition. A civil rights veteran called the
KJV's thees and thous "romantic," and a scholar spoke of black churches'
"love affair" with the king's English.