Name/Title
We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother EmanuelEntry/Object ID
2020.004.2Description
Recounts the events of June 17, 2015, when Dylan Roof opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church killing nine members of the congregation, and also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement.
Contents: Wrong church, wrong people, wrong day -- Forgiveness -- The flag comes down -- The sin of slavery -- Revolutionary ideas and the rise of African Methodism -- The slave conspiracy -- Resurrection -- Jim Crow -- Life in the borough -- Civil rights -- People in service to the church -- What is forgiveness? -- The unfinished story.
xvi, 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmCollection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2020.004Source or Donor
Archives/Library Purchases (2020)Acquisition Method
PurchasedCredit Line
Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund PurchaseLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
African American churches--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--Crimes against--South Carolina--Charleston--21st century, African Americans--Crimes against--South Carolina--Charleston, African Methodist Episcopal Church--South Carolina--Charleston, Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.), Hate crimes--South Carolina--Charleston--History--21st century, Hate crimes--South Carolina--Charleston, Mass shootings--South Carolina--Charleston, Racism--South Carolina--Charleston--History--21st centuryBook Details
Author
Frazier, Herb, 1950-, Powers, Bernard Edward
Wentworth, Marjory, 1958Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas NelsonDate Published
2016Call No.
HV6773.54 .C43 F73 2016ISBN
9780718077310LCCN
2016930186Location
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PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Herb Frazier, Bernard Edward Powers, and Marjory Wentworth.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-231).Created By
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April 5, 2023