Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America

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Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America An inspiring collection of personal narratives about love, loss, and faith by African Americans from all walks of life, edited and introduced by the popular author, NPR talk-show host, and PrimeTime contributing correspondent Tavis Smiley.In Keeping the Faith, Tavis Smiley, commentator, advocate, and the author of several acclaimed books, brings together a collection of almost one hundred original accounts drawn from the lives of ordinary African Americans.Written by African Americans from all walks of life, with a sprinkling of more famous individuals (Cornel West, Iyanla Vanzant, Danny Glover, and eight stories from Tavis himself), the stories, reminiscences, and testimonies in Keeping the Faith share lessons learned about family, heritage, and the celebration of black culture, illuminating moments that touched the contributors' lives in special ways. Organized into specific themes, the book explores such vital topics as black love, overcoming challenges, grief and loss, healing and hope. Smiley provides a heartfelt story of his own to each chapter, revealing insights from his own life.A stirring celebration of the abiding and profound inner strength, passion, and spirituality that nurture and sustain so much of the African American community, Keeping the Faith is a book of affirmation and inspiration for all.

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A stirring celebration of the abiding and profound spirituality that nurtures and sustains so much of the African-American community, Keeping the Faith is a book of affirmation and inspiration for all.Black Book Network

[Smiley] wants folks, particularly those in the black community, to be enlightened, encouraged and empowered. . . . Keeping the Faith stays true to his crusade.The Dallas Morning News

Powerful [and] inspirational.Jet

Keeping the Faith will bring readers a sense of joy and a renewed appreciation for the gift of life.Chicago Defender

Author Bio

TAVIS SMILEY is the host of NPR's The Tavis Smiley Show, as well as a twice-weekly commentator on ABC radio's popular Tom Joyner Morning Show. He is also a contributor for CNN and a contributing correspondent on ABC's PrimeTime. His bi-monthly newsletter, "The Smiley Report," reaches three hundred thousand readers. The author of How to Make Black America Better, Doing What's Right, and Hard Left, he lives in Los Angeles. From the Hardcover edition.