Moving the Rock

Poverty and Faith in a Black Storefront Church

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, Anthropology
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Author: Mary E. Abrums ISBN: 9780759113213
Publisher: AltaMira Press Publication: December 28, 2010
Imprint: AltaMira Press Language: English
Author: Mary E. Abrums
ISBN: 9780759113213
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication: December 28, 2010
Imprint: AltaMira Press
Language: English

Moving the Rock portrays several generations of African American women whose families migrated from the South to the Pacific Northwest in the 1940s and 1950s. As members of a small storefront church in central Seattle, these women—grandmothers, mothers, daughters—lean on their faith and church to face the challenges of poverty, racism, ignorance, and health. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it is painfully obvious that many of us know little about what it is like to be poor and Black in the United States. These powerful, profound stories bring this group of women and their problems, and joys, vividly and movingly to life.

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Moving the Rock portrays several generations of African American women whose families migrated from the South to the Pacific Northwest in the 1940s and 1950s. As members of a small storefront church in central Seattle, these women—grandmothers, mothers, daughters—lean on their faith and church to face the challenges of poverty, racism, ignorance, and health. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it is painfully obvious that many of us know little about what it is like to be poor and Black in the United States. These powerful, profound stories bring this group of women and their problems, and joys, vividly and movingly to life.

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