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Upon This Rock: Miracles of a Black Church, The

by Samuel G. Freedman · 1993

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In this widely acclaimed bestseller, the author of Small Victoriestackles another explosive issue, this time race in America, by taking an in-depth look at the pastor of a thriving black church in one of New York's most desperate slums.

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