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Introduction by Josiah Young

Originally published in 1984, For My People is a an important landmark in the development of Black Theology, tracing the origins of the movement, its relation to the Black Church, the engagement with other liberation theologies from the Third World, the challenge of Black women, and reflections on the path ahead.

James H. Cone, who died in 2018, was Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. He was the author of many books, including Black Theology & Black Power; A Black Theology of Liberation; his memoir, Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody; and a modern classic, The Cross and the Lynching Tree, winner of the 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

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