<p>THE AUDACITY TO SURVIVE is a book devoted to destroying the myth of the Curse of Ham while laying a new foundation for the history & traditions of African American people. Dr. H. Rhett James begins with a powerful new look at the biblical history of African people. He forcefully acknowledges the "oneness" of mankind & the blackness of our Christian ancestry. In great detail, he explores Noah's curse pronounced against Canaan & its relationship to 17th century slavery while at the same time recounting the life of Canaan & his children, their successes & intellectual posterity giving evidence that the prophecy was never fulfilled. Dr. James continues his recount of the history of African Americans by extolling the greatness of ancient cities in Africa & their visionary leaders. His scholarly research provides the reader with a well documented understanding of a haughty, determined magnificent people fueled by their unsurpassed belief in their own glory & power. The author's challenge, however, is how to reconcile in one treatise the effects of western chattel slavery, Jim Crowism, discrimination, segregation & poverty on African American families with their will to recapture the grandeur of their ancestral past in a hostile western society. THE AUDACITY TO SURVIVE is the first attempt to distinguish fact from opinion & to chronicle the history & traditions of intergenerational African American families from Canaan to the present. Dr. James accomplishes that task & challenges readers, black & white alike, to create & to live a new understanding of African Americans &, upon that base, to build new living relationships.</p>

Audacity to Survive

James, H. Rhett

Connexions

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by James, H. Rhett. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by James, H. Rhett

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by James, H. Rhett. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Audacity to Survive