| When Blacks Were Green Contributor(s): Cooper, Karla J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0979658624 ISBN-13: 9780979658624 Publisher: Amanuent Press OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2008 Annotation: Reducing, reusing, and recycling is not a new concept: Poor Black Americans have been doing this out of necessity for years. Among poverty's lessons is how to use limited resources creatively and imaginatively, to survive on simplicity-a lesson on living "green" for those who have no other choice. Karla J. Cooper explores the survival strategies of impoverished Black Americans through her own family's history in rural southern Missouri. Karla J. Cooper is an African Methodist Episcopal itinerant elder with dual standing in the United Church of Christ. She currently serves as chaplain and adjunct faculty member of Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, and is pastor of Quinn Chapel in Lincoln, Nebraska. Cooper has a B.A. from Southeast Missouri State, a Master of Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary, and is presently pursuing a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has traveled extensively throughout Africa and India. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - Crafts & Hobbies | Woodwork - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 2008926307 |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.24 lbs) 78 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reduce, reuse, and recycle is not a new concept. Many Black Americans have been doing this out of necessity for years. In addition to learning how to use limited resources creatively and imaginatively, Blacks learned to survive on simplicity--a lesson in living "green" for those who had no other choice. Karla Cooper explores the survival strategies of Black Americans through her own family's history in rural southern Missouri. Cooper is an African Methodist Episcopal itinerant elder with dual standing in the United Church of Christ. She serves as an adjunct professor at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, and is pastor of Quinn Chapel in Lincoln, Nebraska. Cooper has a BA from Southeast Missouri State, a MDiv from Eden Theological Seminary, and is pursuing a PhD from the University of Nebrask-Lincoln. She has traveled extensively throughout Africa and India. |