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Article: Giving the Black Church its due praise: Rock of Ages; A Tribute to the Black Church, text by Tonya Bolden
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- Indianapolis Recorder
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- December 21, 2001
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Ferebee, Dorothy
Indianapolis Recorder
12-21-2001
Giving the Black Church its due praise: Rock of Ages; A Tribute to the
Black Church, text by Tonya Bolden
"She has done so much to make her people strong, to keep so many alive in
their bodies, in their souls. Multitudes she has mothered in times of dense
distress."
Here is a gift worth giving -- Tonya Bolden and R. Gregory Christie's
tribute to the Black Church.
I don't usually publish reviews before books are in the stores, but I
wanted you to look for it before Dec. 26, the first day of Kwanzaa.
It's written for youth, but it's a book that will delight all ages and will
make a wonderful Christmas gift.
Bolden's homage to the Black Church is a poem ...