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Douglas, Kelly Brown.

Stand your ground : Black bodies and the justice of God / Kelly Brown Douglas. - xv, 240 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

America's exceptionalism -- The Black body: a guilty body -- Manifest destiny war -- Excursus: from Tacitus to Trayvon -- A father's faith: the freedom of God -- Jesus and Trayvon: the justice of God -- Prophetic testimony: the time of God -- A mother's weeping for justice.

ISBN: 9781626981096 (pbk.) 1626981094 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2014041240

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Racism--United States.
Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
African Americans--Social conditions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: E185.615 / .D664 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 305.800973