MahoganyBooks Front Row featuring Dante Stewart
Channel: MahoganyBooks
Date: 2021-11-22

In the months leading up to the 2016 election, Danté noticed a change in his church. The predominantly white community that he and his family had trusted for so long as a place of worship, soon descended into a place of anti-Blackness. Emboldened by the rhetoric of Trump, his church made him feel unwelcome and hostile. Danté found himself at a crossroads shared by many Black Americans—a crisis of faith brought by the infiltration of white supremacy in the Church. In his upcoming memoir, Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle, he explains how he rediscovered his faith by looking to Black voices from the past to reframe what it means to be Black, American, and Christian. Join New York Times Bestselling author, Jason Reynolds as he chats it up with Danté about faith, healing, truth and strength right here on the Front Row.  Our own MahoganyBooks co-owner and host Derrick Young will moderate the audience Q&A.