{"product_id":"maintaining-sanity-in-the-midst-of-unrelenting-oppression-the-continuing-saga-of-people-of-african-descent-in-america-paperback","title":"Maintaining Sanity in the Midst of Unrelenting Oppression: The Continuing Saga of People of African Descent in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCreigs C. Beverly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlivia D. Beverly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen asked by the publisher of this manuscript to write a brief statement for the cover of this book, we were immediately driven to the second stanza of \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" by James Weldon Johnson and J.R. Rosamond Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second stanza says, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStony the road we trod\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBitter the chastening rod\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelt in the days when hope unborn had died\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet with a steady beat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave not our weary feet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome to the place for which our fathers sighed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have come over a way that with tears has been watered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut from the gloomy past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTill now we stand at last\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the white gleam of our bright star is cast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo our sisters and brothers, keep praying, keep singing, and keep going to safe places to cry! Our sanity demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783045382432,"sku":"9781685171056","price":15.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9542e7503854578b1ddf4ab9d7d589b.webp?v=1780578758","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/maintaining-sanity-in-the-midst-of-unrelenting-oppression-the-continuing-saga-of-people-of-african-descent-in-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}