{"product_id":"maintaining-sanity-in-the-midst-creigs-c-beverly-9781685171056","title":"Maintaining Sanity in the Midst of Unrelenting Oppression: The Continuing Saga of People of African Descent in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen asked by the publisher of this manuscript to write a brief statement for the cover of this book, we were immediately driven to the second stanza of \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" by James Weldon Johnson and J.R. Rosamond Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second stanza says, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStony the road we trod\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBitter the chastening rod\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelt in the days when hope unborn had died\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet with a steady beat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave not our weary feet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome to the place for which our fathers sighed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have come over a way that with tears has been watered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut from the gloomy past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTill now we stand at last\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the white gleam of our bright star is cast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo our sisters and brothers, keep praying, keep singing, and keep going to safe places to cry! Our sanity demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Creigs C. Beverly, Olivia D. Beverly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685171052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685171056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Faith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Creigs C. Beverly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054361964799,"sku":"9781685171056","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d28ba90-4753-4397-b0ab-7b0404397950.jpg?v=1685029520","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maintaining-sanity-in-the-midst-creigs-c-beverly-9781685171056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}