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Review Of Women In The Church Of God In Christ: Making A Sanctified World By Anthea D. Butler, Cynthia Taylor May 2008

Review Of Women In The Church Of God In Christ: Making A Sanctified World By Anthea D. Butler, Cynthia Taylor

Cynthia Taylor

The article reviews the book "Women in the Church of God in Christ: Making a Sanctified World," by Anthea D. Butler.


Review Of A. Philip Randolph: A Life In The Vanguard By Andrew E. Kersten, Cynthia Taylor Mar 2008

Review Of A. Philip Randolph: A Life In The Vanguard By Andrew E. Kersten, Cynthia Taylor

Cynthia Taylor

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Review Of From Civil Rights To Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr. And The Struggle For Economic Justice By Thomas F. Jackson, Cynthia Taylor Mar 2008

Review Of From Civil Rights To Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr. And The Struggle For Economic Justice By Thomas F. Jackson, Cynthia Taylor

Cynthia Taylor

"Thomas F. Jackson presents a secular view of an American religious icon. Jackson wants his readers to recall what contemporaries and other movement leaders never forgot: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s radicalism. In so doing, Jackson portrays the civil rights leader as a politically astute activist, a perspective often downplayed or forgotten in other biographies and studies that concentrate primarily on King as a religious figure with an emphasis on his orthodox religious beliefs and activities. This book challenged my stereotype of King as a political neophyte, totally dependent on the advice and guidance of older, more seasoned black political …