Awards

• Commended for Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award (Nonfiction) 1995

Overview

A unique and moving collection of prayers by African-Americans spanning two centuries that has sold more than 30,000 copies and been unanimously embraced as ""a powerful testament of faith and hope"" (Corettta Scott King).

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9780060926571

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Washington takes a giant step in helping to preserve the rich tradition of spirituality in African-American culture--and by extension all American culture--and celebrates the legacy of prayer that has supported and strengthened generations of blacks through good times and bad. --Carolina Times

This is the definitive collection of powerful and poignant prayers of a determined yet degraded people. --Cornel West Harvard University

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James Melvin Washington, Ph.D. was Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary and Adjunct Professor of Religion at Columbia University. He is the editor of A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, and the author of Frustrated Fellowship: The Black Baptist Quest for Social Power.

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