Raphael G. Warnock
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A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story -- Raphael G. Warnock, Hardcover
On the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael G. Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey. "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 Atlanta's 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 Jr.'s alma mater, Senator Warnock studied for a decade at Union Theological Seminary while serving at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. At thirty-five, 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 Warnock's 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 once-in-a-generation gift to inspire and lead us forward. A Way Out of No Way tells his remarkable story for the first time.
Author: Raphael G. Warnock
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593491546
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2022 pg. 15
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2022
Library Journal 05/06/2022 pg. 1
--Bryan Stevenson
Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock occupies a singular place in American life. As senior pastor of Atlanta's 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 Jr.'s alma mater, Senator Warnock studied for a decade at Union Theological Seminary while serving at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. At thirty-five, 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 Warnock's 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 once-in-a-generation gift to inspire and lead us forward. A Way Out of No Way tells his remarkable story for the first time.
Author: Raphael G. Warnock
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593491546
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2022 pg. 15
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2022
Library Journal 05/06/2022 pg. 1