There is a river
by Vincent Harding
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Provides a comprehensive and organic historical survey of the black movement toward freedom in the United States.Tags
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Vincent Harding was one of my professors at the Iliff School of Theology.
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Vincent Harding is Professor of Religion and Social Transformation at the lliff School of Theology. Formerly director of the Martin Luther King Memorial Center, and chairman of the nationally televised Black Heritage series, he served as senior advisor to the PBS television series, "Eyes on the prize."
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- Canonical title
- There is a river
- Original publication date
- 1981
- Dedication
- To the memory of Howard Thurman, Father in the faith, Companion in the way, Dauntless and peacable warrior For a world of love, justice and truth.
To the memory of Dock Freeney, Who sowed the river with his life And believed in the coming of a new time.
To the memory of Gordon McDonald Broome, Who loved me.
For those and all the old ones of our struggle now dancing among the ancestors.
For Sue Bailey Thurman, For Ella Harris Freeney, For Mabel Broome Harding, Still proudly walking among us, Whose continuing love and strength Have opened a way of life and hope For all the generations of your children, Seen a... (show all)nd unseen, known and unknown, Now and always. - First words
- It began at the edge of our homeland, where the verdant forests and tropical bush gave way gradually to the sandy stretches of the Guinea coast.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)So as they sang and prayed and cried into the night, the night when slavery was officially ended in the United States, black people were celebrating themselves, honoring their forebears, holding up their children to the midnight sun, praising the mysterious, delivering God who had made it possible for them, and all who lived before them, to come so far and stand so firm in the deep red flooding of Jordan.
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- Genovese, Eugene D.; Berry, Mary Frances; Quarles, Benjamin; Cox, Harvey G.; Lynd, Staughton; Opoku, Kofi Asare (show all 12); Hill, Robart A.; Jones, Rhett S.; Foner, Eric; Bradley, David; Fredrickson, George M.; Lincoln, C. Eric
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 323.1 — Society, government, & culture Political science Civil Rights & Liberties/ Human Rights Minority Politics
- LCC
- E185 .H29 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Status and development since emancipation
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 3
