Moving the Rock portrays several generations of African American women whose families migrated from the South to the Pacific Northwest in the 1940s and 1950s. As members of a small storefront church in central Seattle, these women--grandmothers, mothers, daughters--lean on their faith and church to face the challenges of poverty, racism, ignorance, and health. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it is painfully obvious that many of us know little about...
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African-American Studies Anthropology Baptist Christianity Cultural Gender Studies Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Protestantism Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Specific Demographics Women's Studies