Courage in the Sheer Silence: Challenging Racism in 20th-Century Churches of Christ calling Hicks shows the reader how

Hicks shows the reader how the love and grace of God saturate this story

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Hughes is a superb communicator who delivers his insights in beautiful

“Roberts has captured the essence and soul of the dying days of segregation and the grudging transition to integration in the 1950s as it played out in Pecos

Courage in the Sheer Silence: Challenging Racism in 20th-Century Churches of Christ calling Hicks shows the reader howBy Wes Crawford Description After the fire came a sound of sheer silence. When the civil rights movement shook the United States, Churches of Christ largely remained silent. Only a few brave voices dared to speak out. Historian Wes Crawford, drawing inspiration from the prophet Elijah's discovery of God's presence in the "sheer silence," invites readers to explore this era and the largely overlooked stories of a handful of ministers who risked