RaveBooklistGates, a literary scholar, historian, filmmaker, and best-selling author, looks into how the Black church has molded and transformed the African American experience, from slavery to the present ... Readers will discover how the Black church has prepared African American people for leadership roles in American society, parented the civil rights movement and today’s Black Lives Matter movement, and nurtured numerous talented individuals, including entertainers such as Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye, who honed their talent in church choirs.
Marcus J. Moore
PositiveBooklistMusic journalist Moore’s in-depth biography celebrates the life, struggles, and accolades of Compton’s own, rapper Kendrick Lamar ... Moore’s portrait of Lamar accounts for how one young man’s mindful lyrics and sounds can have a profound and far-reaching impact.
