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My Lord, he calls me : stories of faith by Black American Latter-day Saints / Alice Faulkner Burch, general editor.
Van Pelt Library BX8643.A35 M95 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American Latter Day Saints--Religious life.
- African American Latter Day Saints--Biography.
- Racism--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Race relations--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- African American Latter Day Saints.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 225 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book, [2022]
- Summary:
- "An anthology of personal essays by Black American Latter-day Saints, detailing their experiences in the church"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- This body of color : four simple words / Lita Little Giddins
- Our road trip to Jesus / Hayley and Millie Fletcher
- One seeking to know and learn / Abner Leonard Howell (August 9, 1878-September 6, 1966)
- Staunch members of this religion / Mary Lucille Perkins Bankhead (August 9, 1902-June 16, 1994)
- Poem : This body of being
- "I, Too, Am Part of God's Plan" / Tayler Jolley
- The path we take
- Do I belong? / Gloria Talley Wilkinson
- In the same manner / Eugene Orr
- Following where the Holy Spirit leads
- Slain in the Spirit / Rodric Anthony Johnson
- "As a mother in Israel, thou shalt be known among the people" / Jane Elizabeth Manning James (November 5, 1821-April 16, 1908)
- Gifts of God / Alice Faulkner Burch
- Spiritual learning and social belonging / Jermaine Sullivan
- Spiritually locked and loaded / Rah Freestone
- Poem : When truth first spoke to me
- Searching for my Heavenly Father's church / Pepper McCoy
- Born of goodly parents / Wayne Lee
- Where Heavenly Father led me / Esther M. Branch
- Hosanna! Hosanna! / Elizabeth "Bessie" Ritchie Rogers (November 17, 1884-February 10, 1970)
- The answer? The Plan of Salvation / Sherri Camp
- God wanted me in this church / Stuart Scott
- I knew it was true / Norma Banks
- What are you? / Anonymous
- From tabernacle to temple / Kayla Wyatt
- Not necessarily fair / Kevin Flowers
- Poem : Without
- I thought the gospel was free for anyone that wanted to hear it / Marie Benjamin Graves (1878-1930) - Identity and priority / Parker M. Jolley
- The family with the Black kids / Abigail Hansen
- Poem : Jesus understands me Black
- Is that still a thing? / Robert S. Burch Jr.
- Nothing small in the Kingdom of God / Samuel Davidson Chambers (May 21, 1831-November 9, 1929)
- Learning the gospel as a young woman / Tianna Jolley
- Heritage and legacy / J. Tekulvē Jackson-Vann
- I know the work is of God / John Wesley Harmon Jr. (January 17, 1881-October 30, 1940)
- Poem : Testimony of an aged ancestor on being banned from the Holy Priesthood
- The bicycle trip / Randy Cutliff and Denise Silva
- The gospel is here on earth / Frances Ann Stewart Hood (January 1832-March 21, 1910)
- I found a brother / Earl Joseph Hunter Jr.
- Poured from the hand of God / Randall Silas
- Creative narrative : I know the voice of my Jesus
- Tuning my heart to my ancestors / Kinnith E. Holloway.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781639930296
- 1639930299
- OCLC:
- 1348644623
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