| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 181 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Telling a tragedy -- Before Emmett Till: Nate Allen -- "Because there were bullet holes": Rebecca Allen Young -- Ever since then: Phil Allen Sr. -- Black han: Phil Allen Jr. -- "Just let them do their thing": on assimilation and lament -- A new prescription: on healing black trauma -- A new perspective: on healing white trauma -- Intergenerational healing -- Racial solidarity -- Afterword: Where do we go from here? |
| Summary |
On December 10, 1953, tragedy was visited on a family when Nathaniel Allen was murdered on the Sampit River by his white employer, who lured him into the meeting under the false promise of reconciliation. Allen's death was recorded as an accidental drowning, a deliberate cover-up of the bullet hole seen by more than one witness. Three generations later, Phil Allen Jr. revisits this harrowing story and recounts the'baton of bitterness'that this murder passed down in his family. Through interviews, difficult conversations, and deep theological reflection, Allen takes up the challenge of racism today, naming it for what it is and working to chart a path toward reconciliation. Open Wounds, and the documentary that accompanies it, is a transformative experience of listening and learning as a grandson looks, laments, an ultimately leads his family and his society forward toward a just and reconciled future. It's an essential part of our national reckoning with racism and injustice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 23, 2021) |
| Subject |
Allen, Nathaniel, -1953
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Hate crimes -- South Carolina
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Racism -- South Carolina
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Racism -- Religious aspects.
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Hate crimes
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Race relations
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Racism
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Racism -- Religious aspects
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| SUBJECT |
South Carolina -- Race relations
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| Subject |
South Carolina
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781506469348 |
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1506469345 |
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