While we run this race
Subtitle: confronting the power of racism in a southern church
By: Nibs Stroupe and Inez Fleming.
Contributors: Fleming, Inez.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Fleming, Inez.; Oakhurst Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.); Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Presbyterian Church.; African American Presbyterians -- Georgia -- Decatur -- Biography.; Decatur (Ga.) -- Church history -- 20th century.; Georgia -- Church history -- 20th century.; Decatur (Ga.) -- Race relations.; Georgia -- Race relations.
Genres: Biography.
Description: In this challenging, ultimately hopeful book, Nibs Stroupe, the white pastor of multi-cultural Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia, grapples with this question: why, so long after the Civil Rights movement has become part of American history, does racism still pervade society?

Race, writes Stroupe, represents a social and political chasm that continues to divide and entrap all Americans. He steadfastly maintains that acknowledging the power of the system of race throughout society - in our schools, courts, prisons, and housing - is the necessary first step to dismantling it. Stroupe convinces us that although racism is powerful, it is not inexorable. It can be overcome.

Adding her voice is Inez Fleming, a black elder at Oakhurst, who tells the story of tears and laughter within the congregation as blacks and whites struggle together, creating an extraordinary church family.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174).