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Awakening to Equality: A Young White Pastor at the Dawn of Civil Rights
Karl E. Lutze
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Description for Awakening to Equality: A Young White Pastor at the Dawn of Civil Rights
Hardcover. Offers a perspective on an often-violent era that witnessed the gradual dismantling of segregation. This book depicts the struggles of Karl E Lutze's own denomination to overcome its earlier accommodation of racism. It captures the real-life education of a prominent clergyman during a critical period in American life. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
When young Karl E. Lutze arrived in Oklahoma in 1945, he stepped into another world. A newly ordained clergyman born in Wisconsin, he was a young white man assigned to minister among Muskogee's African American community. He soon found that in the South, crosses were as likely to be burned as revered. His recollections of postwar Oklahoma provide a compelling testament to the era's racial conflict and some steps taken toward its resolution. ""Awakening to Equality"" offers a unique perspective on an often-violent era that witnessed the gradual dismantling of segregation. Serving congregations in Muskogee and Tulsa, Lutze encountered a ... Read more
When young Karl E. Lutze arrived in Oklahoma in 1945, he stepped into another world. A newly ordained clergyman born in Wisconsin, he was a young white man assigned to minister among Muskogee's African American community. He soon found that in the South, crosses were as likely to be burned as revered. His recollections of postwar Oklahoma provide a compelling testament to the era's racial conflict and some steps taken toward its resolution. ""Awakening to Equality"" offers a unique perspective on an often-violent era that witnessed the gradual dismantling of segregation. Serving congregations in Muskogee and Tulsa, Lutze encountered a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826216328
SKU
V9780826216328
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About Karl E. Lutze
KARL E. LUTZE was ordained in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in 1945. After fifteen years of pastoral work in Oklahoma, he served for twenty-one years on the staff of the Lutheran Human Relations Association of America and for ten years was Director for Church Relations at Valparaiso University. He is the author of numerous books, including... a lot ... Read more
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