God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights
by:
Charles Marsh (author)
Marsh celebrates the importance of Christian faith in founding the civil rights movement, [exploring] as well the devastating dichotomy of hate and prejudice.Andrew Young"Mississippi Freedom Summer tested my commitment and my faith.... To this day, I wonder how those who opposed us...
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Marsh celebrates the importance of Christian faith in founding the civil rights movement, [exploring] as well the devastating dichotomy of hate and prejudice.Andrew Young"Mississippi Freedom Summer tested my commitment and my faith.... To this day, I wonder how those who opposed us reconciled their faith with their hatred and their anger or even their inaction. [Marsh] admirably attempts to explore this unfathomable paradox."John Lewis, Member of Congress, 5th District, Georgia"This wonderfully narrated book offers truths about the civil rights struggle of the 1960s often overlooked-the intensely moral and spiritual side of an effort that had an enormous impact on our secular life."Robert Coles
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780691130675 (0691130671)
Publish date: February 11th 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English