{"product_id":"black-womens-christian-activism-betty-livingston-adams-9780814745465","title":"Black Women's Christian Activism: Seeking Social Justice in a Northern Suburb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e2017 Wilbur Non-Fiction Award Recipient \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2018 Author's Award in scholarly non-fiction, presented by the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2020 Kornitzer Book Prize, given by Drew University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the oft overlooked role of non-elite black women in the growth of northern suburbs and American Protestantism in the first half of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a domestic servant named Violet Johnson moved to the affluent white suburb of Summit, New Jersey in 1897, she became one of just barely a hundred black residents in the town of six thousand. In this avowedly liberal Protestant community, the very definition of \"the suburbs\" depended on observance of unmarked and fluctuating race and class barriers. But Johnson did not intend to accept the status quo. Establishing a Baptist church a year later, a seemingly moderate act that would have implications far beyond weekly worship, Johnson challenged assumptions of gender and race, advocating for a politics of civic righteousness that would grant African Americans an equal place in a Christian nation. Johnson's story is powerful, but she was just one among the many working-class activists integral to the budding days of the civil rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the strategies and organizational models church women employed in the fight for social justice, Adams tracks the intersections of politics and religion, race and gender, and place and space in a New York City suburb, a local example that offers new insights on northern racial oppression and civil rights protest. As this book makes clear, religion made a key difference in the lives and activism of ordinary black women who lived, worked, and worshiped on the margin during this tumultuous time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Livingston Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814745466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814745465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016","brand":"Betty Livingston Adams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059845034239,"sku":"9780814745465","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5e5b5d2-c643-45b5-b722-4c40bea48b19.jpg?v=1685060651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-womens-christian-activism-betty-livingston-adams-9780814745465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}