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9780718077310 English 0718077318 In this book Charleston-based authors Herb Frazier, Dr. Bernard Powers Jr., and Marjory Wentworth consider the murderous rage of white supremacist Dylan Roof as a way to explore the racialized history of not only Charleston but also the nation. It is this history that made Roof's horrendous crime at Mother Emanuel AME Church possible the night of June 17, 2015. We Are Charleston also explains the origins and nature of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the position of Mother Emanuel in the denomination, in Charleston, and in the history of the United States. Without this understanding we cannot fully grasp the meaning of what happened and why Mother Emanuel was the killer's target. The authors-renowned in their fields of expertise-are no strangers to Mother Emanuel. Combining their award-wining talents as journalist, historian, and poet in the writing of this book, each have close friends or relatives in the church, and in fact, Frazier grew up in the congregation where his grandmother and father were members. Book jacket., On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, twenty-one-year-old Dylan Roof, a white supremacist, was charged with their murders. Two days after the shooting, while Roof s court hearing was held on video conference, some of the families of his nine victims, one by one, appeared on the screen forgiving the killer. The Emanuel Nine set a profound example for their families, their city, their nation, and indeed the world. We Are Charlestonnot only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement. In many ways, this church s story is America s story the oldest A.M.E. church in the Deep South fighting for freedom and civil rights but also fighting for grace and understanding. Fighting to transcend bigotry, fraud, hatred, racism, poverty, and misery. The shootings in June 2015, opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates Southern institutions and remains part of American society. We Are Charlestontells the story of a people, continually beaten down, who seem to continually triumph over the worst of adversity. Exploring the storied history of the A.M.E. Church may be a way of explaining the price and power of forgiveness, a way of revealing God s mercy in the midst of tremendous pain.We Are Charlestonmay help us discover what can be right in a world that so often has gone wrong."
9780718077310 English 0718077318 In this book Charleston-based authors Herb Frazier, Dr. Bernard Powers Jr., and Marjory Wentworth consider the murderous rage of white supremacist Dylan Roof as a way to explore the racialized history of not only Charleston but also the nation. It is this history that made Roof's horrendous crime at Mother Emanuel AME Church possible the night of June 17, 2015. We Are Charleston also explains the origins and nature of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the position of Mother Emanuel in the denomination, in Charleston, and in the history of the United States. Without this understanding we cannot fully grasp the meaning of what happened and why Mother Emanuel was the killer's target. The authors-renowned in their fields of expertise-are no strangers to Mother Emanuel. Combining their award-wining talents as journalist, historian, and poet in the writing of this book, each have close friends or relatives in the church, and in fact, Frazier grew up in the congregation where his grandmother and father were members. Book jacket., On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, twenty-one-year-old Dylan Roof, a white supremacist, was charged with their murders. Two days after the shooting, while Roof s court hearing was held on video conference, some of the families of his nine victims, one by one, appeared on the screen forgiving the killer. The Emanuel Nine set a profound example for their families, their city, their nation, and indeed the world. We Are Charlestonnot only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement. In many ways, this church s story is America s story the oldest A.M.E. church in the Deep South fighting for freedom and civil rights but also fighting for grace and understanding. Fighting to transcend bigotry, fraud, hatred, racism, poverty, and misery. The shootings in June 2015, opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates Southern institutions and remains part of American society. We Are Charlestontells the story of a people, continually beaten down, who seem to continually triumph over the worst of adversity. Exploring the storied history of the A.M.E. Church may be a way of explaining the price and power of forgiveness, a way of revealing God s mercy in the midst of tremendous pain.We Are Charlestonmay help us discover what can be right in a world that so often has gone wrong."