I Heard the Preaching of the Elder: The Life, Proclamation, and Protest of Kelly Miller Smith, Sr.

Contributor(s): Gardner, Anthony Tyshawn (Author), Smith, J Alfred, Sr (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781481322126

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Hardcover

$32.99

Pub Date: April 15, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.69" H x 8.00" L x 5.00" W ( 0.89 lbs) 206 pages

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Celebrates the life, social crisis preaching, and ministerial legacy of Kelly Miller Smith, Sr., one of America's foremost Civil Rights leaders. Gardner compares the effective social crisis preaching of Smith to the rhetorical eloquence of ancient Greco-Roman orators.

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