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Author Holmes, Jasmine L., 1990- author.

Title Mother to son : letters to a Black boy on identity and hope / Jasmine L. Holmes ; foreword by Jackie Hill Perry
Published Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (151 pages)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. You Are Mine -- 2. You Are God's -- 3. You Are Beautiful -- Interlude: I Didn't Know I Was Beautiful -- 4. You Are American -- Interlude: Ode to Langston -- 5. You Are the Church -- 6. You Are More Than Your Ethnicity -- Interlude: It's Okay to Be Offended -- 7. You Are a Brother -- 8. Be a Good Brother to the Sisters -- 9. Be an Advocate -- Interlude: The Time I Almost Unfollowed Someone on Twitter -- 10. Be a Bridge -- Interlude: How to Study and How to Talk -- 11. You Are a Different Story
Interlude: In Search of Mentorship -- 12. You Are a New Tribe -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Praise for Mother to Son -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press
Summary ""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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 07, 2020)
Subject African American boys -- Religious life
Christian children -- Religious life
African American boys -- Conduct of life
Mothers and sons -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
African American boys -- Conduct of life
Christian children -- Religious life
Mothers and sons -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019052373
ISBN 9780830848195
0830848193