Mother to Son
Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope
Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: 151 pages ; 17 cm
""I know this wondrous little person has the potential to change the world-and I want him to know it too." In this collection of powerful letters to her young son, Jasmine Holmes shares about her journey as an African American Christian and what she wants her son to know as he grows and approaches the world as a black man"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
You are mine -- You are God's -- You are beautiful -- Interlude: I didn't know I was beautiful -- You are American -- Interlude: Ode to Langston -- You are the church -- You are more than your ethnicity -- Interlude: It's okay to be offended -- You are a brother -- Be a good brother to the sisters -- Be an advocate -- Interlude: The time I almost unfollowed someone on Twitter -- Be a bridge -- Interlude: How to study and how to talk -- You are a different story -- Interlude: In search of mentorship -- You are the new tribe.
Subjects:
African American boys -- Religious life.
Christian children -- Religious life.
African American boys -- Conduct of life.
Mothers and sons -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
African American boys -- Religious life.
Christian children -- Religious life.
African American boys -- Conduct of life.
Mothers and sons -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
ISBN:
9780830832767
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Includes bibliographical references.