![]() “The world is not exactly lacking in rich men with big ideas about what other people should do, or who think technology can fix any problem.” Unabashed, the tech titan asserts that wise use of technology could reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. “I am aware that I’m an imperfect messenger on climate change,” writes Gates in his book about greenhouse gas and the environment. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates (Knopf) And the culture they created was sublime, awesome, majestic, lofty, glorious, and at all points subversive of the larger culture of enslavement that sought to destroy their humanity.” Deeply informative, and personal, The Black Church both tenderly recounts Gates’s childhood experiences and is fearless about sexism and sexuality, in a section titled “The Church’s Double Bind.”Ģ. “Collectively and with enormous effort, they refused to allow that to happen. “The Black Church was the cultural cauldron that Black people created to combat a system designed in every way to crush their spirit,” he writes. (Penguin Press)Ī companion to his PBS documentary, Gates’s book evokes the rich, dynamic history of black churches as they evolved as a source of strength and inspiration for centuries. The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ![]()
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