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Pickin’ Cotton on the Way to Church

Author : Nancy Van Note Chism
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0871954346
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Pickin’ Cotton on the Way to Church written by Nancy Van Note Chism and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pickin’ Cotton on the Way to Church highlights the life of Father Boniface Hardin, a Benedictine monk. James Dwight Randolph (Randy) Hardin was born on November 18, 1933, in Bardstown, Kentucky, educated in Catholic schools in Kentucky, and thirteen years old when he asked to become a priest. Excluded from the seminaries in Kentucky because of his race, he enrolled in Saint Meinrad Seminary in Spencer County, Indiana, which had just started accepting black students. After six years of study he took his vows as monk and was given the name Boniface. He was ordained a priest in 1959 and attained a graduate degree in 1963. In 1965 Father Hardin accepted the position of associate pastor at Holy Angels Catholic Church, a predominately black parish in Indianapolis. Father Hardin was a social activist who spoke out against poverty, segregation, police brutality, and fought against the construction of an interstate highway that would adversely affect the black community. Such actions were considered inappropriate for a priest and the Archbishop of Indianapolis removed him from his position at Holy Angels. Although reinstated due to public outcries, Father Hardin soon left Holy Angels, and, along with Sister Jane Shilling, opened the Martin Center, where they could advocate full time for the poor and disenfranchised through a series of programs and services. Realizing the correlation between education and career advancement, Father Boniface and Sister Jane founded Martin University, the only predominately African American institution of higher learning in Indiana. The university continues to play a unique role in the community, with a special focus on educational opportunities to those who have been too often discounted, discouraged, and disregarded by society. Although Father Hardin was widely known in Indiana during his lifetime, accumulating many awards and honors, it is important to document his life and work for posterity. It is hoped that this volume will provide an overview of his story and lay the foundation for other scholarly efforts.

Black Catholic Studies Reader

Author : David J. Endres
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813234298
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Black Catholic Studies Reader written by David J. Endres and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first-ever Black Catholic Studies Reader offers an introduction to the theology and history of the Black Catholic experience from those who know it best: Black Catholic scholars, teachers, activists, and ministers. The reader offers a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary approach that illuminates what it means to be Black and Catholic in the United States. This collection of essays from prominent scholars, both past and present, brings together contributions from theologians M. Shawn Copeland, Kim Harris, Diana Hayes, Bryan Massingale, and C. Vanessa White, and historians Cecilia Moore, Diane Batts Morrow, and Ronald Sharps, and selections from an earlier generation of thinkers and activists, including Thea Bowman, Cyprian Davis, and Clarence Rivers. Contributions delve into the interlocking fields of history, spirituality, liturgy, and biography. Through their contributions, Black Catholic Studies scholars engage theologies of liberation and the reality of racism, the Black struggle for recognition within the Church, and the distinctiveness of African-inspired spirituality, prayer, and worship. By considering their racial and religious identities, these select Black Catholic theologians and historians add their voices to the contemporary conversation surrounding culture, race, and religion in America, inviting engagement from students and teachers of the American experience, social commentators and advocates, and theologians and persons of faith.

The Pastor's Helpmate

Author : Altha Murphy
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 144014415X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Pastor's Helpmate written by Altha Murphy and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For shy little hillbilly Altha Murphy, it was a long journey from the Ozark foothills to serving in twenty-one churches during a forty-six-year period. In this memoir, The Pastor's Helpmate, Murphy shares her personal stories and anecdotes of what it was like to be the wife of a pastor who served in churches in the backwoods, small towns, and the inner city. Filled with poignant insights, Murphy illustrates how God has worked in her life. She expresses the doubts, fears, and perplexities she and her husband, Truett, experienced throughout their life with the church. The Pastor's Helpmate illustrates how she found comfort in the Bible and through relationships with parishioners, neighbors, family members, and students. She describes how her life was enriched by all of the people she met throughout the years. With honesty and humor, Murphy provides a peek into the day-to-day life of a pastor and his family. From good to bad, and sad to funny, The Pastor's Helpmate relates the joy gained from the lifetime bonds that were formed and the lessons learned during her long journey.

Open the Safe of Purpose, Power & Prosperity

Author : AJ Rolls
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1698708203
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Open the Safe of Purpose, Power & Prosperity written by AJ Rolls and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OPEN THE SAFE OF PURPOSE, POWER & PROSPERITY PURPOSE LEARN: • Purpose will give you a reason to live. • Purpose will give you a reason to get up in the morning. • Purpose will give you a reason to deal with your day. • Purpose will give you a reason to overcome illness. • Purpose will enable you to endure and overcome setbacks, failures, letdowns, discouragement, betrayal, sabotage, and a broken heart. • Purpose will help you succeed. POWER LEARN: • WHAT POWER IS. • HOW POWER WORKS. • WHY YOU NEED POWER. • HOW TO OBTAIN POWER. • HOW TO USE POWER. • WHO HAS POWER. PROSPERITY LEARN: • The meaning of prosperity • The various forms of prosperity. AJRolls, America’s #1 Success Resurrector, has provided you a quick lesson in the area of purpose, power, and prosperity. You will need purpose to have a fulfilling life. The power to achieve your purpose. Then prosper in your purpose.

Picking Cotton

Author : Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9781429962155
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Picking Cotton written by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times best selling true story of an unlikely friendship forged between a woman and the man she incorrectly identified as her rapist and sent to prison for 11 years. Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. She was able to escape, and eventually positively identified Ronald Cotton as her attacker. Ronald insisted that she was mistaken-- but Jennifer's positive identification was the compelling evidence that put him behind bars. After eleven years, Ronald was allowed to take a DNA test that proved his innocence. He was released, after serving more than a decade in prison for a crime he never committed. Two years later, Jennifer and Ronald met face to face-- and forged an unlikely friendship that changed both of their lives. With Picking Cotton, Jennifer and Ronald tell in their own words the harrowing details of their tragedy, and challenge our ideas of memory and judgment while demonstrating the profound nature of human grace and the healing power of forgiveness.

My Soul to Keep & Others - Book III of the DeChance Chronicles

Author : David Niall Wilson
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Soul to Keep & Others - Book III of the DeChance Chronicles written by David Niall Wilson and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donovan DeChance is a collector of ancient manuscripts and books, a practicing mage, and a private investigator. He is also a very private man, and he is in love. When he invites his partner and lover, Amethyst, for a quiet dinner, she has no idea of his true intention. Donovan has planned a sharing - a vision that will give her the keys to his early life - the origins of his power - and a lot more than she bargained for. The story leads to the town of Rookwood in 1842, an old wagon, a traveling charalatan, a cat, a horse, and a boy named Bones. It leads through the history of other stories, and back to Donovan's home, giving Amethyst, and fans of Donovan DeChance, a glimpse into the man, and his magic. Join young Donovan as he fights to keep his soul, save a town, and learn the roots of his teacher and guardian - and meet his familiar, Cleo. Magic, mayhem, and books - always the books. Welcome to the world of Donovan DeChance.

Ripped to Shreds

Author : Ann Wilson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532027494
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Ripped to Shreds written by Ann Wilson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Wilson offers her readers her searing personal story of domestic violence. Ann was born and raised on a farm in Mississippi and served as a Major in the Army Nurse Corps as a registered nurse. But her military career was interrupted when she was shot by her husband three times with a .45 Magnum, after only six weeks of marriage. Her five-year-old and three-year-old children witnessed the horrendous act of violence that near-fatal evening. The author has made the brave decision to share the details of this horrific event in order to shed light on the devastation of domestic violence, revealing its effect on her, her children, her friends, her family, and other innocent people. It took Ann years of counseling, hospitalizations, and surgeries to heal after the shooting, which ripped half of the right side of her face off. She lost an eye and will always be in pain because of a nerve injury in her arm, not to mention the resection of fractured ribs from the bullets. She has bullet fragments all over her body. This book asserts that domestic violence is not limited in its scope. It crosses all socioeconomic classes, ethnicities, sex, age, religion, and educational backgrounds. Ann Wilson is telling her story to help people realize that it is not over if they are involved in relationships with domestic violence. You can survive. You need to get help and get out of it. You are not alone.

Who's Who in Black Indianapolis

Author : C. Sunny Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933879024
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Who's Who in Black Indianapolis written by C. Sunny Martin and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Home Lands

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Lands written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reporting for Duty

Author : Andrew Mills
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666757993
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Reporting for Duty written by Andrew Mills and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir describes the things the author has done in his life to promote justice and peace in America’s foreign and domestic policies. But it is more than a memoir; it also includes background for, and analysis of, the peace and justice issues involved. The author says: “I love my country deeply, and so I want it to live up to its promise of brotherhood, truth, and fairness, and to commit to being a peaceful neighbor among the community of nations.” As detailed in the book, the author’s life has been one adventure after another as he undertook actions for justice and peace—for example, when he participated in part of the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 and when he was in a group that was kidnapped by the Contras in Costa Rica in 1985. The book emphasizes that peace work doesn’t stop with peace conferences or praying for peace. It is facing the hard truths of the issues and finding the most effective ways to make peace. His primary intent in writing the book is to encourage people everywhere to invest themselves in justice and peace initiatives in their own countries.

Industrial Pioneer

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Pioneer written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Circuit

Author : Francisco Jiménez
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826317971
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book The Circuit written by Francisco Jiménez and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories about the life of a migrant family.

Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices

Author : Rebecca Sharpless
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807876135
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices written by Rebecca Sharpless and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural women comprised the largest part of the adult population of Texas until 1940 and in the American South until 1960. On the cotton farms of Central Texas, women's labor was essential. In addition to working untold hours in the fields, women shouldered most family responsibilities: keeping house, sewing clothing, cultivating and cooking food, and bearing and raising children. But despite their contributions to the southern agricultural economy, rural women's stories have remained largely untold. Using oral history interviews and written memoirs, Rebecca Sharpless weaves a moving account of women's lives on Texas cotton farms. She examines how women from varying ethnic backgrounds--German, Czech, African American, Mexican, and Anglo-American--coped with difficult circumstances. The food they cooked, the houses they kept, the ways in which they balanced field work with housework, all yield insights into the twentieth-century South. And though rural women's lives were filled with routines, many of which were undone almost as soon as they were done, each of their actions was laden with importance, says Sharpless, for the welfare of a woman's entire family depended heavily upon her efforts.

Colors and Blood

Author : Robert E. Bonner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069118657X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Colors and Blood written by Robert E. Bonner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, Robert Bonner explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, he shows how the Confederacy sustained itself for as long as it did by cultivating the allegiances of countless ordinary citizens. Bonner also comments more broadly on flag passions--those intense emotional reactions to waving pieces of cloth that inflame patriots to kill and die. Colors and Blood depicts a pervasive flag culture that set the emotional tone of the Civil War in the Union as well as the Confederacy. Northerners and southerners alike devoted incredible energy to flags, but the Confederate project was unique in creating a set of national symbols from scratch. In describing the activities of white southerners who designed, sewed, celebrated, sang about, and bled for their new country's most visible symbols, the book charts the emergence of Confederate nationalism. Theatrical flag performances that cast secession in a melodramatic mode both amplified and contained patriotic emotions, contributing to a flag-centered popular patriotism that motivated true believers to defy and sacrifice. This wartime flag culture nourished Confederate nationalism for four years, but flags' martial associations ultimately eclipsed their expression of political independence. After 1865, conquered banners evoked valor and heroism while obscuring the ideology of a slaveholders' rebellion, and white southerners recast the totems of Confederate nationalism as relics of the Lost Cause. At the heart of this story is the tremendous capacity of bloodshed to infuse symbols with emotional power. Confederate flag culture, black southerners' charged relationship to the Stars and Stripes, contemporary efforts to banish the Southern Cross, and arguments over burning the Star Spangled Banner have this in common: all demonstrate Americans' passionate relationship with symbols that have been imaginatively soaked in blood.

Religion in Colonial America

Author : George Capaccio
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1627128883
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book Religion in Colonial America written by George Capaccio and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion was a driving force in the founding of the United States. Learn how it affected each of the states and the development of the country.

On the Road to Civil Rights

Author : Inman Moore
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514407213
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book On the Road to Civil Rights written by Inman Moore and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inman Moore grew up in Southern Mississippi, mainly along the Gulf Coast. He is a graduate of Long Beach High School, Mississippi, and Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, and holds a graduate degree in theology from the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Inman has been pastor of churches in both Mississippi and California. While in Mississippi, during the late fifties and early sixties, Inman was very involved in the civil rights movement. He was a founding member of the reconstituted Mississippi Council on Human Relations. In January of 1963, while pastor of Leggett Memorial United Methodist Church in Biloxi, Mississippi, he was one of twenty-eight Mississippi ministers who signed a statement on civil rights entitled Born of Conviction. In April of 1963, Inman and his family moved to California, to a pastorate in Palmdale.

Elvis and Gladys

Author : Elaine Dundy
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496847210
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Elvis and Gladys written by Elaine Dundy and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who on the planet doesn't know that Elvis Presley gave electrifying performances and enthralled millions? Who doesn't know that he was the King of Rock 'n' Roll? But who knows that the King himself lived in the thrall of one dominant person? This was Gladys Smith Presley, his protective, indulgent, beloved mother. Elvis and Gladys, one of the best researched and most acclaimed books on Elvis's early life, reconstructs the extraordinary role Gladys played in her son's formative years. Uncovering facts not seen by other biographers, Elvis and Gladys reconstructs for the first time the history of the mother and son's devoted relationship and reveals new information about Elvis—his Cherokee ancestry, his boyhood obsession with comic books, and his early compulsion to rescue his family from poverty. Coming to life in the compelling narrative is the poignant story of a unique boy and the maternal tie that bound him. It is at once an intimate psychological portrait of a tragic relationship and a mesmerizing tale of the early years of an international idol. “For once, a legend is presented to us by the mind and heart of a literate, careful biographer who cares,” wrote Liz Smith in the New York Daily News when Elvis and Gladys was originally published in 1985. This is the book, Smith says, “for any Elvis lover who wants to know more about what made Presley the man he was and the mama's boy he became.” The Boston Globe called this thoughtful, informative biography of one of popular music's most enduring stars “nothing less than the best Elvis book yet.”