James Hudson : Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights / Larry Omar Rivers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rivers, Larry O., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

African American clergy--Biography.

African American clergy.

Baptists--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Baptists.

Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists.

Civil rights.

Personalism--Religious aspects.

Personalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2024]

Summary:

This book tells the story of James Hudson, a Black philosopher, Florida A&M University professor, activist, and religious leader whose philosophical contributions laid a key piece of the groundwork for the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. "The Arc of the Moral Universe"

Chapter 2. The Sacred Call: 1903-1926

Chapter 3. "Work and Wait": 1926-1936

Chapter 4. "Wade in the Water": 1936-1940

Chapter 5. "The Best Things in Some of the Worst Times": 1940-1946

Chapter 6. The Kingdom of God

Chapter 7. "The Christian Way in Race Relations": 1946-1951

Chapter 8. "Problems of the Christian Conscience": 1951-1956

Chapter 9. "Taking Jesus Seriously": 1956-1957

Chapter 10. "A Divinity Beyond Our Perception": 1957-1980

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rivers, Larry Omar James Hudson

ISBN:

9780813073378