African-American Female Mysticism: Nineteenth-Century Religious Activism by
A study on African-American female mysticism. The primary subjects of this book are three icons of black female spirituality and religious activism - Jarena Lee, Sojourner Truth, and Rebecca Cox Jackson.
Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion by
An account of the religious faith, social and political activism, and resilience of black women during the centuries of American growth and change.
Making a Way Out of No Way: African American Women and the Second Great Migration (Online) by
A collection of oral histories of women who migrated north during the Great Migration.
Sentimental Confessions: Spiritual Narratives of Nineteenth-Century African American Women by
Analyzes the spiritual and theological underpinnings of the narratives of Maria Stewart, Jarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, Nancy Prince, Mattie J. Jackson, and Julia Foote. Explores the writers’ usage of white-sanctioned literary conventions to express their spiritual experiences in the face of poverty and enslavement.
This Far by Faith: Readings in African-American Women's Religious Biography by
Brings together a collection of essays on the religious identities and experiences of African-American women. Spanning from the period of slavery to the present, the essays profile American figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Willie Mae Ford Smith, exploring the role that religious institutions and impulses played in their lives.
This Is My Story: Testimonies and Sermons of Black Women in Ministry by
Features thirteen African American women clergy tell the powerful, inspirational, and sometimes heartbreaking stories of their calls and ministerial journeys, which they experienced in the midst of anguish, uncertainty, and in many cases unfriendly leadership environments. Each of the women includes a sermon of particular importance to her.
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (2nd Edition) (Online) by
The NAACP co-founder, civil rights activist, educator, and journalist recounts her public and private life in this classic memoir.
Freedom Faith: The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall by
A study of Rev. Dr. Prathia Laura Ann Hall (1940-2002), a leader in both the civil rights movement and African American theology. Looks at her Freedom faith theology: the belief that God created humans to be free and assists and equips those who work for freedom.
Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History (Online) by
Analyzing how the Tubman icon has changed over time, Sernett shows that the various constructions of the "Black Moses" reveal as much about their creators as they do about Tubman herself.
My Life, My Love, My Legacy by
The life story of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), and singular twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist--as told fully for the first time, toward the end of her life, to Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds.
Sojourner Truth's America (Online) by
Tells the story of nineteenth-century America through the life of Sojourner Truth.
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