2020 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award 2020 Lillian Smith Book Award Finalist, 2020 Pauli Murray Book Prize For generations, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been essential institutions for the African American community. Their nurturing environments not only provided educational advancement but also catalyzed the Black freedom struggle, forever altering the political destiny of the United States. In this book, Jelani M. Favors offers a history of HBCUs from the 1837 founding of Cheyney State University to the present, told through the lens of how they fostered student activism. Favors chronicles the development and significance of HBCUs through stories from institutions such as Cheyney State University, Tougaloo College, Bennett College, Alabama State University, Jackson State University, Southern University, and North Carolina A&T. He demonstrates how HBCUs became a refuge during the oppression of the Jim Crow era and illustrates the central role their campus communities played during the civil rights and Black Power movements. Throughout this definitive history of how HBCUs became a vital seedbed for politicians, community leaders, reformers, and activists, Favors emphasizes what he calls an unwritten "second curriculum" at HBCUs, one that offered students a grounding in idealism, racial consciousness, and cultural nationalism.

Fifty-two meditations on Psalm 27 instruct and encourage believers to worship God through the ups and downs of life. Psalm 27 is a psalm of trouble and worship, of difficulty and beauty, of the evil of people against people, and of the mercy of God. Because of its honesty about life in this fallen world, Psalm 27 speaks into the life of every believer. At the same time it places joyful and self-sacrificing worship right next to the trouble that is the psalm's background theme. This juxtaposition makes Psalm 27 unique, interesting, practical, challenging, and encouraging. A Shelter in the Time of Storm takes readers through this roller-coaster-ride of a psalm in fifty-two brief and engaging meditations. These meditations are designed to fill hearts with a patient hope that grows stronger as the trouble-spotted days go by. Reflection questions at the end of the chapter make these meditations thought-provoking and practical.

God has a strategy for the times of crisis, war, persecution and social upheaval that the end-times will bring. Even now this divine initiative and strategy is being made known to the church worldwide. Places of Refuge are emerging in the nations. This book serves as a "first of it's kind" resource for builders of refuge. Through demystifying the topic of refuge and giving a clarion call that great trouble and great triumph are upon us, Places of Refuge: Mercy in the Coming Storm is both a practical and provoking read.Using biblical, historical and contemporary examples, Craig is able to clearly articulate 5 Expressions of Refuge that emerge during times of great pressure and trial. If you've wondered what role you have in the end-time drama or how the church should reprioritize it's mission in light of the coming hour, then this book is a must have.

Providing an integrated and multi-level analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on people, place, economies and policies, across the globe, this timely book explores how the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic combines failure with success. It focuses on exploring rapid adaptation and improvisation by individuals, organisations, and governments as they attempted to minimise and mitigate the socio-economic and health impacts of the pandemic.

The award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Alan Gratz tells the timely--and timeless--story of three different kids seeking refuge. A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world... ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America... MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe... All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end. As powerful and poignant as it is action-packed and page-turning, this highly acclaimed novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years and continues to change readers' lives with its meaningful takes on survival, courage, and the quest for home.

Find shelter from the storms life brings by reading this devotional book with topics on God's provision, comfort, forgiveness, hope and more. A Shelter from the Storm will bring hope to your heart and strength to your soul. As you meditate on the encouraging and inspiring devotions, your heart will be filled with sweet assurance of the comfort and presence of God. These 366 devotions in large print format will encourage you with assurance of the unfailing love of our refuge. The messages are easy to understand and adopt into daily living. The refined design of debossed leaves, foiled title and luxleather cover give this devotional a superb quality. It has full-color insides and gilt-edged pages. The ribbon marker is perfect for keeping your place. Give this handsome devotional book to the special man in your life on his birthday or Father's day. This would also be an appropriate gift of encouragement to give to anyone struggling through a storm brought about by the complexities of life. A presentation page for gift giving is ideal for marking the occasion. Size: 4 1/2 (W) x 6 7/8 (H) LuxLeather Cover Foiled Title Full-Color Insides Ribbon Marker 400 Gilt-Edged Pages 366 Devotions