Poems, stories, and personal narratives--by Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, and others--celebrate the spirit in the lives of generations of African-American women who share a goal of spiritual connection and desire to transform the world.
Poems, stories, and personal narratives--by Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, and others--celebrate the spirit in the lives of generations of African-American women who share a goal of spiritual connection and desire to transform the world.
Inspired by memories of her beloved grandmother, photographer and author Alysia Burton Steele--picture editor on a Pulitzer Prize-winning team--combines heart-wrenching narrative with poignant photographs of more than 50 female church elders in the Mississippi Delta.