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Book

I won't shut up : finding your voice when the world tries to silence you

Call Number

  • 305.896 H517 (POW)

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Publication Information

Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2023]

Physical Description

216 pages : 23 cm

Summary

"Popular podcaster and speaker reveals how racism and racist power structures affect people of color, the toll that a lifetime of cultural pressures takes, and how to challenge, resist, and overcome all that holds us back from living out our God-given identity"--

Contents

  • Overture: Confessions of a loud Black woman
  • Act I: The (not so) secret origins of Ally Henny
  • Intermission: Easy on me
  • Act II: If white folks don't do nothing else, they will make sure to do racism
  • Intermission: A letter to my children
  • Act III: It's time to get free
  • Curtain call: Acknowledging the community who encouraged me not to shut up.

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