Fortune – How Race Broke My Family and the World––and How to Repair It All
Author:   Lisa Sharon Harper ,  Otis Moss, III
Publisher:   Baker Publishing Group
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9781587435270


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   29 March 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lisa Sharon Harper ,  Otis Moss, III
Publisher:   Baker Publishing Group
Imprint:   Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.468kg
ISBN:  

9781587435270


ISBN 10:   1587435276
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   29 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents Family Tree Foreword by Otis Moss III Acknowledgments of Country Prologue Introduction Part One: The Roots 1. Fortune: How Race Became Law 2. The Lawrences: Fragmented Identity 3. Lea: Slavery and Oblivion Part Two: Degradation and Resistance 4. Lizzie: Like Dust 5. Reinaldo y Anita: Bomba 6. Sharon: Rebellion 7. Lisa: Light Part Three: Repair 8. Truth-Telling as Reckoning 9. Reparation as Repentance 10. Forgiveness and the Beloved Community Index

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Lisa Sharon Harper (LSMA, Columbia University; MFA, University of Southern California) is the founder of Freedom Road, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap. A sought-after speaker, trainer, and consultant with more than 100,000 social media followers, Harper has written several books, including the critically acclaimed The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, Relevant, Essence, HuffPost, the National Civic Review, and CNN, and she has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, TV One, Fox News, NPR, and Al Jazeera America. Harper previously served as chief church engagement officer at Sojourners, where she mobilized the church to engage campaigns on immigration reform and racial justice. She has researched her family's origins for three decades and presented on her ancestors' achievements at the African American Civil War Museum. Harper lives in the same Philadelphia neighborhood where three generations of her ancestors lived.

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