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Author:

Branch, Lonnie L.

Title:

Reflections of light : the odyssey of a Black American Lutheran pastor during the Civil Rights years / Lonnie L. Branch.

Publisher:

Kirk House Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

266 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Subject:

Branch, Lonnie L.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America--Biography.--Biography.
Lutheran Church--Biography.--Biography.

Contents:

Beginnings in Memphis, Tennessee, 1939-1941 -- A Negro child's heritage, 1932-1941 -- Chicago south/north side, 1942-1949 -- Christ's epiphanal light, 1949-1953 -- Adulthood & marriage, 1953-1961 -- Civil rights era & Cabrini Green, 1962-1967 -- Theological education, 1967-1969 -- Resolving conflicts, 1969-1970 -- Wartburg Theological Seminary, 1970-1971 -- South Park mission, 1971-1973 -- Iowa State Men's Reformatory, 1973-1976 -- Prince of Glory Lutheran Church, 1976-1983 -- Martin Luther Church, 1983-1989 -- Lutheran Church of the Atonement, 1989-1996 -- Hennepin County adult corrections, 1996-1999 -- St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 2000-2002 -- A continuing odyssey, 2003-2009 -- Epilogue: Glowing lights -- Appendix: Researching family roots.

ISBN:

1933794763 (pbk.)
9781933794761 (pbk.)

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)