In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We InheritWhat if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, were busily focused on her survival. In a world hostile to Black women's bodies and spirits, they had to be. Born on a former cotton plantation and having fled the terrors of the South, Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved. Now,

still trying to change the world

" we learn what to do with wounds that will not heal

and indomitable joy as it tells the story of radical self-love and acceptance

What if you already met the soul mate you were destined to be with

now infertile

Ultimately

What About Rosa Parks When She Sat On That Bus

Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977

only to lose it

Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards

As a Professor of English and Race Studies

Diamond knows not to get into a car with a stranger