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    The Sacred Place
    The Sacred Place
    The Sacred Place
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Sacred Place

    Written by Daniel Black

    Narrated by Kevin R. Free

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    Widely hailed for its historical resonance, Daniel Black's The Sacred Place is a powerful examination of racial tensions in 1955 Mississippi. Visiting from Chicago, 14-year-old Clement is unfamiliar with social customs of the tiny town of Money. Striding into a general store, he offends the white store clerk by not placing his nickel in her hand. This seemingly innocuous act leads to a horrific murder and a conflict drawn along racial lines.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 25, 2008
    ISBN9781436112734
    Author

    Daniel Black

    Daniel Black is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace and They Tell Me of a Home. He is the winner of the Distinguished Writer Award from the Middle-Atlantic Writer's Association and has been nominated for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, the Ernest J. Gaines Award,and the Georgia Author of the Year Award. He was raised in Blackwell, Arkansas, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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    • 5/5
      I've read about all of Blaks books. This is among my favorites with Perfect and Twelve Gates. Powerful and inspiring I know this version of black folks existed and their stories need to be told too. In all forms. We don't all run.
    • 5/5
      This book was AMAZING!!!I love the subtle messages within the story. Some parts were hard but, Mr. Black you're a terrific writer, also loved Perfect Peace.
    • 5/5
      Reading this book was like having a history lesson along with a bible study. This book is more than a retelling of history; the killing of Emmet Til, is that what gave African Americans the fight to create change and this book gives a great fictional account of those times. It provokes thought about how hard it was for African Americans during that time period and the horrifying reality of prejudice and pure hatred. Black is an awesome folklorist and fiction writer who tells a riveting story about truth, justice, self esteem, fighting for your rights, and strength in community, race relations and faith. It is an examination of the soul of the African-American. The vividness with which Daniel Black writes allows the reader to not only read but to experience the novel. This story is one of faith, community and unity. He recreates the speech patterns of each character by deliberately altering `standard' spelling and grammar creating a southern dialect capturing the essence of the time period which brings the book that much more character.Daniel Black has a talent to make you feel a relationship between yourself and the characters, Edgar Rosenthal’s (the white man’s) guilty descent into madness and insanity, Jerry and Aunt Sugar. The story evoked so much emotion, that I found myself crying then angry and sad the next. I truly enjoyed this book until the very end.