Under God,9780764200083

Under God

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ISBN13: 9780764200083
ISBN10: 0764200089
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-10-01
Publisher(s): Bethany House
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Summary

With unforgettable accounts paired with the dark side of America's legacy--racism, slavery, injustice--the bestselling authors of the Jesus Freaks line encourage a new generation to seek God's face to avoid repeating sins of the past and take their stand for America's future. (Christian Religion)

Author Biography

Four-time Grammy Award winners Toby Mac and Michael Tait, of dc Talk, are leaders in the pursuit of melding music with provocative questions of faith. They have received numerous awards, earned double-platinum albums, are strong-selling solo artists (together they have sold more than 7 million albums), and have released five books in the JESUS FREAKS series that have sold more than 1.5 million copies. Wallbuilders, founded by David Barton, is a national organization that distributes historical, legal, and statistical information and helps citizens become active in their communities.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(41)
1 Bulletproof: The French and Indian War-Account of a British Officer
11(4)
Worship in the Capitol
14(1)
2. A Declaration of Dependence...Upon God: The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
15(5)
3. A Time for War
Peter Muhlenberg
20(5)
"Give 'Em Watts, Boys!"
24(1)
4. His Sons-Captured!
Abraham Clark
25(4)
Anthony Benezet-Father of American Abolitionism
28(1)
5. Benjamin Who?
Benjamin Rush
29(2)
6. Saved by the Fog: Evacuation of Long Island
31(3)
George Duffield, Patriot Preacher
33(1)
7. Giving Credit Where It's Due
Robert Morris
34(5)
Samuel Adams-A Man Devoted to a Cause
38(1)
8. Gifted
Phillis Wheatley
39(4)
9. Into the Presence: First Continental Congress
43
10. Out of the Jaws of the Wicked
William and Ellen Craft
48(6)
The History of Juneteenth
53(1)
11"Unless You Kill Me"
John Prentiss "Print" Matthews
54(4)
12. Pirating the Planter
Robert Smalls
58(5)
Henry Highland Garnet
62(1)
13. Tired of Giving In
Rosa Parks
63(5)
14. In a Class of Only One
Ruby Bridges
68(8)
The Road to Desegregation
75(1)
15. A Special Instrument Sent of God:
Tisquantum-"Squanto"
76(13)
Native American Contributions to the Government
81(2)
16. A Covenanted People: The Pilgrims' Landing at Cape Cod 83(8)
Jamestown
89(2)
17. Government by the Gospel: Plymouth, Massachusetts 91(3)
18. No Justice
C.J. Miller
94(8)
The Jim Crow Era and Black Codes
99(3)
19. Innocent Blood Cries Out
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
102(7)
Lynchings by Race and Year (1882-1960)
108(1)
20. Freedom's Railroad
Harriet Tubman
109(7)
The Underground Railroad
115(1)
21. "Don't Let Them Have Him!"
Charles Nalle and Harriet Tubman
116(3)
22. Begin Again
Bridget "Biddy" Mason
119(7)
Revivals in War and Peace
125(1)
23. Crazy Bet
Elizabeth Van Lew
126(6)
24. They Tried to Forget: Duluth, Minnesota 132(7)
25. The Holy Experiment
William Penn
139(5)
State Constitutions
143(1)
26. Defender of the Union
Daniel Webster
144(7)
The Star-Spangled Banner
150(1)
27. One Life to Lose
Nathan Hale
151(5)
Did You Know? and Laus Deo
154(2)
28. Empowered to Persuade
Patrick Henry
156(5)
29. With Regrets
Benedict Arnold
161(4)
30. The United Cry of the Nation
Abraham Lincoln
165(7)
The Gettysburg Address
170(2)
31. Turning Point
Isabella Baumfree-"Sojourner Truth"
172(14)
Three Remarkable Women
177(3)
32. Denise. Carole. Cynthia. Addie Mae: Birmingham Bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church 180(6)
33. Stand Up
Martin Luther King Jr.
186(5)
Chinese Labor and the Transcontinental Railroad
190(1)
34. When a Sport Is Something More
Jackie Robinson
191(7)
35. Lifting a People
Richard Allen
198(14)
Negro Spirituals
205(1)
36. The Birth and Second Coming of a Message of Hate: Ku Klux Klan 206(6)
37. "It Is All So Terribly True"
Woodrow Wilson and The Birth of a Nation
212(4)
38. "God Save These People"
John Witherspoon
216(4)
39. The Strong Voice of Freedom
Theodore Weld
220(6)
The Missouri Compromise and the Fugitive Slave Law
225(1)
40. The Repentant Slaveholder
Angelina Grimke
226(4)
41. "As a Mother...As a Christian"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
230(8)
The Power to Get Wealth
236(1)
Inspiration From a Slave
237(1)
42. A Cycle of Service and Love
John Perkins
238(6)
1857-1858 Noonday Prayer Meetings
243(1)
43. "An Impassioned Defense"
John Quincy Adams and the Amistad
244(9)
A Father's Advice
248(1)
44. The Dark Side of Lincoln's Home: Springfield Riot 249(6)
The Price of Fear
253(2)
45. The Right Man at the Right Time
Dwight D. Eisenhower
255(7)
The Pledge of Allegiance 26o
46. "We Need the Storm, the Whirlwind, and the Earthquake"
Frederick Douglass
262(8)
First African Americans in Congress
269(1)
47. What Four Hundred Dollars Can Buy
George and Lewis Latimer
270(9)
Their Contributions Many
275(4)
48 Forever Fourteen
Emmett Till
279(7)
Medgar Evers
285(1)
49. A Legacy of Freedom
John Jay
286(9)
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts
289(1)
50. "I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé War 290(8)
America's First Nations People
295(3)
51. The Smuggled Patriot
John Adams
298(9)
Fifty Years Later
305(2)
52. "Remember the Ladies"
Abigail Adams
307(6)
The Construction of the U.S. Capitol
312(1)
53. The Voice of Reason
Roger Sherman
313(4)
54. "Turned Loose to the Whirlwind": Compromise of 1877 317(5)
55. A Purposeful Life
George Washington Carver
322(14)
Forty Acres and a Mule
329(1)
Remembering Everyone at the Alamo
330(1)
56. A Soldier's View: The Sand Creek Massacre 331(6)
Mexican-American Pioneer
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
336(1)
57. A Growing Awareness
Benjamin Franklin
337(6)
58. "Before We Proceed to Business": Congressional Prayer 343(6)
What Happened to the Signers of the Declaration of Independence?
345(4)
59. The Interesting Narrative
Olaudah Equiano
349(4)
60. Kettle Prayers: Lake Providence, Louisiana 353(8)
America's Underground Church
360(1)
What Is Freedom For? 361(2)
Closing Thoughts From Toby and Michael 363(3)
A Call to Prayer 366(6)
Timeline 372(4)
Bibliography 376(3)
Index 379(5)
For More Information 384

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