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Lament and Justice in African American History : By the Rivers of Babylon / edited by Timothy Fritz and Trisha Posey.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- African Americans--Religious life.
- Collective memory--United States.
- Collective memory.
- Laments--United States--History.
- Laments.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- This book explores lament in African American history from a theological perspective. Part One examines examples of African Americans' use of lament as a framework for engaging both historical memory and social action. Part Two offers examples of lament as a pedagogical tool in classrooms and other educational settings.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Lament and Historical Practice
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
- Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July Speech, Lament, and Historical Memory
- The Planet and the Pageant
- "I'm tired of funerals. I'm tired of it! We've got to stand up!"
- "A Tribute in Tears and a Thrust for Freedom"
- Lament and Historical Pedagogy
- The Psalms and the Historical Pedagogy of Lament
- Teaching History in Mississippi
- A Pedagogy of Healing
- A Mourning March
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-4033-6
- 1-66692-313-3
- OCLC:
- 1415897807
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