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Author:

Perkins, John, 1930- author.

Title:

Dream with me : race, love, and the struggle we must win / John M. Perkins.

Publisher:

Baker Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

218 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Perkins, John,--1930-
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
African American clergy--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Biography.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights--History--Christianity--History--20th century.
Race relations--History--Christianity--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216).

Contents:

Prologue: Unexpected places -- Side by side (but not together) -- That we might be one -- Poor whites -- Fighting without fists -- The three Rs -- Incarnation (being Jesus in the flesh) -- Real justice -- Spencer -- Affirming human dignity -- The final fight -- The power of forgiveness -- Above the noise -- The church of the future -- Dream with me -- Gratitude.

Summary:

Internationally known author, speaker, and activist offers a timely, rousing memoir filled with engaging personal stories from the Civil Rights era to the present, calling the church to repent, forgive, and move from racism and bigotry to love and reconciliation.

ISBN:

080100778X
9780801007781

OCLC:

(OCoLC)951644340

LCCN:

2016031071

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)