| Black history doesn’t take a single shape. There are many voices and experiences that need to be acknowledged and reflected on to paint a full picture. As you plan out your reading for the year, we’ve curated a collection of books to help you find your next read. Below are just a few of the voices you’ll find on this list. |
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“As we embark on this journey of liberation, let us draw inspiration from the strength and resilience of Black women who, throughout history, have faced the twin Pharaohs of racial and gender oppression with courage and determination. Their fight for justice, their resistance against domination, and their vision of a better world light our path.” —from “Exodus in a Warming World: An Ecowomanist Sermon, by Elonda Clay, in Preaching Black Earth, edited by Melanie L. Harris
“Each generation’s story is a collective narrative that is still being written. We are all on a journey together, and we all want to better understand one another as well as to be understood. We all wish to truly know ourselves as individuals and as a part of a group of people united in history and desires. To be human is to be able to articulate one’s hopes and dreams. By having a sense of personal and communal identity, we are able to connect with others. Knowing the details of the Black experience familiarizes us with the American experience and the connections we all have.” —from The Shaping of Black Identities, by Jimmie R. Hawkins
“Reckoning with history is not an easy task. But reckon we must, if we desire a more faithful understanding of American Christianity and seek a more perfect American union. We must confront the sins of settler colonialism and slavery and comprehend how these sins shaped American Christianity.” —from Reckoning with History, by William Yoo
“The history of African American preaching indicates the valiant and largely successful attempt to counter the legacy of violence by making sermons spaces of spiritual nourishment rather than occasions for abuse. . . . A sermon can be an encounter with the ancestors, rooting the listener’s spiritual story into a longer communal history of faith and reminding the people of the larger spiritual family of which they are a part.” —from Is It a Sermon?, by Donyelle C. McCray |
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