Fortune : how race broke my family and the world--and how to repair it all / Lisa Sharon Harper ; [foreword by Otis Moss III].

"Drawing on her lifelong journey to know her family's history, a leading Christian activist recovers the beauty of her heritage, exposes the brokenness that race has wrought in America, and casts a vision for collective repair"-- "Drawing on her lifelong journey to know her family's history, leading...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harper, Lisa Sharon (Author)
Other Authors: Moss, Otis, III, 1970- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2022]
Subjects:
Harper, Lisa Sharon.
Harper, Lisa Sharon > Family.
African American women > Religious life.
African American Christians > Religious life.
United States > Race relations > History.
Racism > History.
Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Noires américaines > Vie religieuse.
Chrétiens noirs américains > Vie religieuse.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Racisme > Histoire.
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Race relations.
Racism.
United States.
Biography.
Autobiography.
History.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiography.
History.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part one: The roots. Fortune: how race became law
  • The Lawrences: fragmented identity
  • Lea: slavery and oblivion
  • Part two: Degradation and resistance. Lizzie: like dust
  • Reinaldo y Anita: bomba
  • Sharon: rebellion
  • Lisa: light
  • Part three: Repair. Truth-telling as reckoning
  • Reparation as repentance
  • Forgiveness and the beloved community.