Black women in the image of God / edited by Dorothy Winbush Riley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riley, D. Winbush (Dorothy Winbush), editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Quotations.

African American women.

African American women--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Pictorial works.

Quotations.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

Riley, D. Winbush (Dorothy Winbush) (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 114 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : The Pilgrim Press, 1999.

Summary:

Best-selling author Dorothy Winbush Riley has assembled a rich and varied collection of photography, fine art, and sculpture depicting the past, present, and future of women of African descent. Vibrant full-color and black-and-white images portraying the tenderness and strength of women of the Diaspora are coupled with words from the Bible and quotes from Sojourner Truth, Aretha Franklin, Maya Angelou, and many others.

Contents:

Kinship with God

Heaven Is at Your Mother's Feet

Daughters of Africa

Struggle for Existence

Rhythm of Beauty

A Regenerative Force

Oracle of My Heart

Leading Us to the Sunrise.

Notes:

"Cover design by Martha A. Clark."

Transparent paper inserted in front and back after wrapper has quotation "Kinship with God, Heaven is at Your Mother's Feet, Daughter's of Africa Struggle for Existence, Rhythm of Beauty, A Regenerative Force, Oracle of My Heart Leading us to the Sunrise".

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy inscribed "To JoAnna Banks, Much Love! Dorothy W. Riley 8-19-99".

ISBN:

0829812571

9780829812572

OCLC:

40516722