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Weatherford, Carole Boston.
THE BEATITUDES : FROM SLAVERY TO CIVIL RIGHTS
Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2010
IL 3-6, RL 4.8
ISBN 0802853528
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 Using the Beatitudes of blessings found in the Sermon on the Mount as the backdrop of the story, this book explores the ways African Americans struggle for freedom was founded in faith.  The story is told from God's perspective and tells how he has been with the African Americans during their long, hard road to freedom.
SUBJECTS:      Civil rights movements.
                        African Americans.
                        Racism.
                        United States.
                        Slavery.

 
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