Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Williams, Harry Louis.

Description

1. 252 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Baptists > Clergy > United States > Biography
2. Smith, J. Alfred (James Alfred)
3. African American clergy > Biography

Contents

1. On the Jericho road -- Family origins -- Tough times in a new land -- Grandma's greatest lesson -- Life with my extended family -- Wrestling with my religion -- Searching for a male role model -- College days -- The bitter and the sweet -- President of the Missouri NAACP -- Hard times on a new job -- California dreaming -- Back to college -- Meeting daddy face to face -- California once again -- Taking the race issue overseas -- Daddy's funeral -- The call to Oakland -- Everyday life as a pastor -- The honeymoon is over -- Loving our Black Panther neighbors -- Victory and tragedy -- Man of the year? -- A friendly call-a tragic end -- Big trouble strikes -- Building on the block -- Hunting the hunter -- To serve, not to be served -- A surprise awaits in Cleveland -- South Africa -- The presidency, drugs, and gangsters -- Fighting the Supreme Court nominee -- Going home to Africa -- A revolutionary's life -- Change is in the wind -- Time to build again -- Allen Temple today -- The value of family and friends.

Call number

1. Sc E 04-1510

Author

1. Smith, J. Alfred (James Alfred)

Title

1. On the Jericho road : a memoir of racial justice, social action, and prophetic ministry / J. Alfred Smith, Sr. with Harry Louis Williams II.

Imprint

1. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2004.

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1. Table of contents

Added author

1. Williams, Harry Louis.

LCCN

1. 2004000394

ISBN

1. 0830832009 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. Sc E 04-1510