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On the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate Raphael G Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey
Sparkling a narrative of an extraordinary life from impoverished beginnings in Savannah to his arrival on Capitol Hill Along the way he reflects with considerable candor and insight on the meaning and importance of faith truthtelling and political and social redemptionThe New York Times Book Review
A compelling insightful memoir that details an extraordinary journey Bryan Stevenson
Senator Reverend Raphael G Warnock occupies a singular place in American life As senior pastor of Atlantas Ebenezer Baptist Church and now as a senator from Georgia he is the rare voice who can call out the uncomfortable truths that shape contemporary American life and at a time of division summon us all to a higher moral ground
Senator Warnock grew up in the Kayton Homes housing projects in Savannah the eleventh of twelve children His dad was a World War II veteran and as a teenager his mom picked tobacco and cotton in rural Georgia Both were Pentecostal preachers After graduating from Morehouse College Dr Martin Luther King Jrs alma mater Senator Warnock studied for a decade at Union Theological Seminary while serving at Harlems Abyssinian Baptist ChurchAt thirtyfive he became the senior pastor at Ebenezer where Dr King had preached and served
In January 2021 Senator Warnock won a runoff election that flipped control of the Senate at one of the most pivotal moments in recent American history He is the first Black senator from Georgia only the eleventh Black senator in American history and just the second Black senator from the South since Reconstruction As he said in his maiden speech from the well of the senate Senator Warnocks improbable journey reflects the ongoing toggle between the pain and promise of the American story
A powerful preacher and a leading voice for voting rights and democracy Senator Warnock has a onceinageneration gift to inspire and lead us forward A Way Out of No Way tells his remarkable story for the first time
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