Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith is a tribute to the immesurable and timeless wealth of traditions and feelings the African-American preachers have given us through the centuries. This remarkable collection invites the reader to share the joys and woes, insights and inspirations of a group of men and women who were and are the bedrock of African-American faith and culture.

Acknowledgments

9

(2)

Preface

11

(6)

Introduction

Maya Angelou

They Opened Their Hearts to the Lord. They Opened Their Mouths to Anyone Who Would Listen.

17

(2)

A Question Out of the Darkness

19

(8)

Gardner C. Taylor

The Sermon

27

(10)

C.C. Lovelace

Lock-Jaw Lions: Daniel in the Lion's Den

37

(8)

Wyatt Tee Walker

Faith in a Foreign Land

45

(20)

Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Holding On to Your Song

65

(10)

W. Franklyn Richardson II

A Thanksgiving Sermon

75

(12)

Absalom Jones

Living With Change

87

(8)

Gardner C. Taylor

Wisdom in Work

95

(8)

Carol Ann North

Prayer Power: Jesus On the Mainline

103

(10)

Wyatt Tee Walker

Calling for the Order of the Day

113

(10)

Katie G. Cannon

The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest

123

(12)

C.L. Franklin

A Good Soldier: A Eulogy of Clarence Lavaughn (C.L.) Franklin

135

(14)

Jasper Williams, Jr.

The Road That Leads to Wholeness

149

(12)

W. Franklyn Richardson II

The Still Small Voice of Calm

161

(10)

Frederick Boyd Williams

Tributes to Genius: Eulogy of Howard Thurman

171

(10)

Lerone Bennett Jr.

Jesse Jackson

Vernon Jordan

Go Down, Death

181

(6)

James Weldon Johnson

Transformed Nonconformist

187

(12)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Eulogy of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: A Warrior for Justice

199

(12)

Samuel Dewitt Proctor

Keep the Faith Baby!

211

(4)

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

About the Contributors

215

(8)

Credits

223

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