Spirit of the Century: Our Own Story

Spirit of the Century: Our Own StoryAn insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues. The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel vocal group, and the longest running musical institution in America. Their story intersects with pivotal moments and issues in American history and is an ideal prism through which to trace music, culture, history,

part manifesto

are new to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills

Faith Smith puts his texts in dialogue with other narratives by local and international Pan-Africanists

making this a multigenerational family epic as well as an adventure story

Maya Angelou featured on the cover

His unique style and analyses postured from a Pan Africanist perspective

Both sides―magic and science―take time to rest and regroup

bien que le corps se décompose

Sudan’s civil war is 18 years old—but it must come to an end sometime

and migration from bordering nations

the son of a man who had been enslaved

Susan wants the top office in the building and will sacrifice any and every one to get it