Crowned with Glory - How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History

America was founded on the concept of the innate and inalienable rights of humankind, but these rights were systemically withheld from Black and enslaved residents for centuries. Crowned with Glory collects writings of Black Americans demanding liberty, offering a testament to the power of unrelenting cries for justice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2023
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

America was founded on the concept of the innate and inalienable rights of humankind, which many Christians see as an echo of the imago Dei. However, these rights were systemically withheld from the Black and enslaved residents of this country for centuries. Despite this, Black people have proclaimed the truth of their dignity and personhood in powerful and profound ways.

Crowned with Glory collects many of the writings of these men and women, both familiar and lesser-known, to shine a light on what has always been there: an enormous movement of Black Americans demanding the liberty they were promised and deserved. Author Jasmine L. Holmes offers a hopeful and encouraging testament to the power of unrelenting cries for justice that will strike a chord with anyone looking for a robust Christian history of resistance.

If you want to understand how we got here, read this book. If you want to know where we go from here, read it again.

Weight: 224g
Dimension: 139 x 217 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781540903167