Moving the rock : poverty and faith in a Black storefront church / Mary E. Abrums.
2010
286.0922797772 A164m 2010
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Title
Moving the rock : poverty and faith in a Black storefront church / Mary E. Abrums.
Author
ISBN
9780759113190 (cloth : alk. paper)
075911319X
075911319X
Imprint
Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xxxiv, 217 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Call Number
286.0922797772 A164m 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)398505378
(OCoLC)398505378
(OCoLC)398505378
Summary
Tells the stories of a group of African-American women who belong to a small storefront church in central Seattle, describing how they have endured poverty, racism, and the challenges of raising their children.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: A short history
Morning Sun Missionary Baptist Church
Morning Sun Church and its leaders
The family
Motherhood : "somebody prayed for me"
The women of Morning Sun Church
The Lake family
Molly Lake Lander : "I guess I have to go to Jesus"
Caren Lake : "having a dream"
Mahalia Lake : "I don't ask the Lord to move the mountain; just give me the strength to climb it"
Mable Jackson
Mable Jackson : "all I asked the Lord for was a man with a cigarette and a job"
The Jones family
Betty Jones : "I like to go!"
Joann Jones Newton : "when God comes, he's getting some of every race"
Marie Jones Smith : "getting that made-up mind"
Linda Wilson, Marie's daughter : "all these years I have become stronger"
The research process
The research, the women, and me.
Morning Sun Missionary Baptist Church
Morning Sun Church and its leaders
The family
Motherhood : "somebody prayed for me"
The women of Morning Sun Church
The Lake family
Molly Lake Lander : "I guess I have to go to Jesus"
Caren Lake : "having a dream"
Mahalia Lake : "I don't ask the Lord to move the mountain; just give me the strength to climb it"
Mable Jackson
Mable Jackson : "all I asked the Lord for was a man with a cigarette and a job"
The Jones family
Betty Jones : "I like to go!"
Joann Jones Newton : "when God comes, he's getting some of every race"
Marie Jones Smith : "getting that made-up mind"
Linda Wilson, Marie's daughter : "all these years I have become stronger"
The research process
The research, the women, and me.
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