Highlights from the February 5th, 2009 Book Release Celebration at Arch Street Meetinghouse, Philadelphia
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Introduction to the bookA introductory slideshow to Fit for Freedom, created by FGC Committee member Don Mick.
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Story by Charlotte Blake AlstonCharlotte Blake Alston, storyteller and musician tells a story which intermixes her experience of racism while she taught at a Quaker school with a Native American folk tale. Learn more about Charlotte's work at http://www.charlotteblakealston.com
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Welcome from Lucy DuncanLucy Duncan, Associate Secretary for Programs and the Bookstore, welcomes everyone to the event, and shares some of her experience as a Friend wrestling with issues of race.
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Closing by Vanessa JulyeCo-author Vaness Julye makes closing comments at the end of the book launch.
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Comments by co-author Donna McDanielDonna McDaniel, co-author, shares some of her own comments, insights and stories from the book.
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Comments by co-author Vanessa JulyeVanessa Julye, co-author, shares some of her own comments, insights and stories from the book.
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Comments by the authorsVanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel, authors of Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship share stories and highlights from the book, as well as comments about their experience in the writing process.
"The answer for Friends is to deepen and broaden our sense of the presence of God as we have seen Him in Christ, until we are fully aware that love of God and love of men cannot be separated. In the measure that we become unsegregated from within, we shall desegregate outwardly."
—Errol Elliott, lecture to Indiana Yearly Meeting, 1968.
Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship
Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice
BY DONNA McDANIEL and VANESSA JULYE
The Back Bench
A Novel
BY MARGARET HOPE-BACON
Black Hands, White Sails
The Story Of African-american Whalers
BY PATRICIA & FREDERICK MCKISSACK
Slavery And The Meetinghouse
The Quakers And The Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865
BY RYAN P. JORDAN
