Summary: Proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders. After a scandal involving her husband, the church is forced to temporarily close, leaving Trinitie struggling to manage the aftermath. Now, she and her spouse must rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith by all means necessary to make the biggest comeback that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Meltzer, Brad

Summary: Presents an illustrated biography of the man who spent his life pursuing his dream of equality and peace and was at the forefront of the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1968.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books For Young Readers 2016

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Contents: Sardinia (Alabama Sacred Harp Singers) -- Testimony on pioneer religion (D.N. Asher) -- Amazing grace (Howard Adams & Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church) -- Lonely tombs (Preston and Hobart Smith, Texas Gladden) -- Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah (George Spangler and Congregation of Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church) -- The old gospel ship (Ruby Vass) -- The little family (Ollie Gilbert) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1997

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DeRubertis, Barbara

Summary: Looks at the contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the civil rights movement in the United States and explains why the nation celebrates his birthday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Kane Press 2013

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Albee, Sarah

Summary: Profiles the civil rights leader, discussing his career as a pastor, his fight for African American rights, and his legacy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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Warnock, Raphael G.

Summary: "Before Raphael Warnock became a pastor and the first Black senator from Georgia, he was a little boy whose father told him to get up, get dressed, put on his shoes, and get ready! So that's what he did, along every step of his journey. From his work boots to his marching band shoes to his shiny lace-ups, Senator Reverend Warnock found the right shoes to fit his feet and to carry him toward his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2023

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Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir

Contents: I want to ride that glory train (3:35) -- You've got to bear the consequence (3:17) -- Heaven belongs to you (if you live right) (4:22) -- Said I wasn't gonna tell nobody (5:51) -- He stays in my room (8:17) -- Sweet Jesus (5:41) -- You can't make me doubt Him (4:56) -- He is such an understanding God (7:00) -- I can call Him (He always answers me) (6:11) -- Restore unto me (the joy of thy...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Legacy 1991

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Bader, Bonnie

Summary: An introduction to the life Martin Luther King, Jr. Including how he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and African American people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008

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Drain, Lauren.

Summary: "In the bestselling tradition of Escape and Stolen Innocence, the first look behind the curtains of the Westboro Baptist Church, by a young woman cast out from its clutches"--Provided by the publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013

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McBride, James

Summary: "In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2020

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Phelps-Roper, Megan

Summary: The activist and TED speaker Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America. Rich with suspense and thoughtful reflection, her life story exposes the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the need for true humility in a time of angry polarization. At the age of five, Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2019

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Warnock, Raphael G.

Summary: "On the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock occupies a singular place in American life. As Senior Pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church and now as a Senator from Georgia, he is the rare voice who can at once call out the uncomfortable truths that shape contemporary...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022

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Bolden, Tonya.

Summary: Profiles the life and accomplishments of Baptist minister and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2007

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Garrow, David J.

Summary: Publisher's description: Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews with all of King's surviving associates, as well as with those who opposed him, and enhanced by the author's access to King's personal papers and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Classics 2004

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Hayward, Elizabeth

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pipe Creek Publications 1991

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Santella, Andrew.

Contents: The pastor's son -- The education of a leader -- Montgomery -- A national leader -- The final years.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2004

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Contents: Shango (2:54) -- Abyssinian lament (2:57) -- African war call (2:49) -- Ho syne no day (2:32) -- Three friends' advice (3:00) -- Yaraba shango (2:59) -- Shango (3:00) -- Amanja soqua me (2:28) -- Shango dance (2:28) -- Shango (2:54) -- The bongo dance (2:59) -- Sucoyen (3:15) -- The Ladjablesse woman (2:43) -- The mysterious Tunapuna woman (2:54) -- Don't do that to me (2:58) -- Trinidad obeah...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Select 2001

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Cornwell, Patricia.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1997

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Haskins, James

Summary: Presents the life, words, and principles of the noted civil rights worker through extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 1992

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Jordan, Clarence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orbis Books 2003

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Myers, Walter Dean

Summary: Pictures and easy-to-read text introduce the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1994

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Childress, Mark.

Summary: The titular heroine is the epitome of the church-going Southern belle, except for one teeny-tiny aspect of her life. Georgia's family inheritance has long since evaporated, and to maintain her genteel lifestyle, Miss Bottoms has taken six affluent lovers--the fly in the ointment being that one is a married preacher who's about to reveal their infidelity to the whole congregation.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011

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