Description: Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans : Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali, Hardcover by Jelks, Randal Maurice, ISBN 1350074616, ISBN-13 9781350074613, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
In 1964, Muhammad Ali said of his decision to join the Nation of Islam: “I know where Im going and I know the truth and I dont have to be what you want me to be. Im free to be what I want to be.”
This sentiment, the brash assertion of individual freedom, informs and empowers each of the four personalities profiled in this book. Randal Maurice Jelks shows that to understand the black American experience beyond the larger narratives of enslavement, emancipation, and Black Lives Matter, we need to hear the individual stories. Drawing on his own experiences growing up as a religious African American, he shows that the inner history of black Americans in the 20th century is a story worthy of telling.
This book explores the faith stories of four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali. It examines their autobiographical writings, interviews, speeches, letters, and memorable performances to understand how each of these figures used religious faith publicly to reconcile deep personal struggles, voice their concerns for human dignity, and reinvent their public image. For them, liberation was not simply defined by material or legal wellbeing, but by a spiritual search for community and personal wholeness.
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Book Title: Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans : Ethel
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans : Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Boxing, Religious, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, African American
Item Weight: 16.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Randal Maurice Jelks
Subject Area: Sports & Recreation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
