Author: Mark D. Morrison-Reed Editor: Jacqui James
Product Code: 5039
ISBN: 9781558962026
Publisher: Skinner House
Publication Date: 1/1/91
Pages: 64
Binding Information: Paperback
Availability: In stock.
Price: $10.00
In light of 2006 General Assemblyís responsive resolution on racism and classism, Been In the Storm So Long is back by popular demand. First published in 1991, this stirring volume features more than 40 selections from the spirited voices of 29 African-Americans. Contributors include David H. Eaton, Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley, Rosemary Bray McNatt, Thandeka, Egbert Etherlred Brown and more.
From Been in the Storm So Long:
A Litany Of Restoration
If, recognizing the interdependence of all life, we strive to build community, the strength we gather will be our salvation.
If you are black and I am white,
IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If you are female and I am male,
IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If you are older and I am younger,
IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If you are liberal and I am conservative,
IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If you are straight and I am gay,
IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If you are Christian and I am Jewish,
IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If we join spirits as brothers and sisters,
the pain of our aloneness will be lessenedÖ
and that does matter.
IN THIS SPIRIT, WE BUILD COMMUNITY
AND MOVE TOWARD RESTORATION.
Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley