SINGING IN A STRANGE LAND: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America by Nick Salvatore
The telling biography of a civil rights leader, the father of the Queen of Soul, and one of America
SINGING IN A STRANGE LAND
Summary
The father of Aretha Franklin, C L was a spellbinding preacher who channeled his charisma into his gospel music and sermons which spoke through faith to the personal and social problems rural African Americans encountered in their migration north. This title tells his story who was one of the greatest black preachers in American history.
SINGING IN A STRANGE LAND Summary
SINGING IN A STRANGE LAND Reviews
This is an excellent book, well researched and well written. . . . Singing in a Strange Land expands the scholarship on Michigan and Midwestern history, providing great insight into the region's black leadership and the much understudied Civil Rights-Black Power struggle in the North and the West.--Michigan Historical Review
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GOR013419419
9780252073908
0252073908
SINGING IN A STRANGE LAND: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America by Nick Salvatore
Used - Good
Paperback
University of Illinois Press
20060522
448
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