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Moving the Rock: Poverty and Faith in a Black Storefront Church
Contributor(s): Abrums, Mary E. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0759113203     ISBN-13: 9780759113206
Publisher: Altamira Press
OUR PRICE: $37.80  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
Dewey: 286.092
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.56" W x 9" L (0.90 lbs) 252 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Locality - Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa
- Geographic Orientation - Washington
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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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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