Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves
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Book Overview One woman's struggle to restore an old slave cemetery uncovers centuries-old racismWhen China Galland visited her childhood hometown in e...
One woman's struggle to restore an old slave cemetery uncovers centuries-old racism
When China Galland visited her childhood hometown in east Texas, she learned of an unmarked cemetery for slaves-Love Cemetery. Her ensuing quest to restore and reclaim the cemetary unearths racial wounds that have never completely healed. Research becomes activism as she organizes a grassroots, interracial committee, made up of local religious leaders and lay people, to work on restoring community access to the cemetery. The author also presents material from the time of slavery and the Reconstruction Era, including stories of “landtakings” (the theft of land from African Americans), and forms of slavery that continued well into the twentieth century. Ultimately Keepers of Love delivers a message of tremendous hope as members of both black and white communities come together to right an historical wrong, and in so doing, discover each other's common dignity.
“Galland captures the struggle to reclaim one small cemetery in Texas with such engrossing drama and personal detail that the story becomes something larger still-a universal struggle to reclaim the ground of Deep Compassion that lies untended in the human heart.”-Sue Monk Kidd
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 288 | Language: English | Publisher: HARPER ONE | ISBN: 0060859555
FormatPaperback
Pages288
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0060859555
EAN9780060859558
PublisherHARPER ONE
Publication Date2016-03-08
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.7 Pounds
Length8.9 Inches
Width6.0 Inches
Height1.1 Inches
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