This 2 volume set will keep you glued page after page as Dr. Randy Short so eloquently connects the common thread of dissension among religious leaders and uppity blacks dating back to the 1800s to William Henry Sheppard. Sheppard was a pioneering leader of his day who effectively fought for religious freedom and social justice worldwide for blacks. What we learn is the strategies used then by Whites to oppress, demonize, and pillage black communities are the same strategies in operation today. Well-to-do blacks then were the key source of contention and blockers that stood in the way of lesser-educated Negroes and many times sided with whites to keep blacks marginalized. Though it was from the pulpit and sacred halls that echoed the damnable doctrine of indifference and inferiority in the name of God. Religion then, as now, is one of the strongest tools to gather people, yet it is also the tool most often used to keep races divided. Some say much hasn't changed. This edition should adorn the shelves of every person seeking answers to old race questions; How did we get here? And what is this about? 2 volumes in 1 book. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Min. Dr. Randy Short, M.Div. is a Washington, D.C. native and a scholar, historian, human rights defender, social commentator, anti-eugenics advocate, freelance journalist, writer, and social action/social justice missionary affiliated with the Christian Church and African Orthodox Churches. Washington D.C. Representative for the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization, Black Agenda Reports, Judicial Justice Movement, and African American for Human Rights. Conference. In 2011, Short twice accompanied the Honorable Cynthia McKinney to Libya. An informed and excellent researcher and speaker, Short is regularly featured on FM/AM/blog radio programs nationally. Since 2011, Short has been a regular commentator on PressTV, Al Alam, El Tejah News, Atlantic Television News, FARS news service, SAFARTV, RT, Abby Martin's "Breaking The Set", Voice of America Portuguese Africa, RTAC, WJLA-New Channel 8, Belarus National News, INFOWARS, DC Cablevision, Pacifica Radio raising issues that range from wars in Mali, Syria, Somalia, and Libya to helping to break the stories of the murders of Ramarley Graham and Trayvon Martin internationally. Short produces independent films on the Youtube channel Education 4- most notably in-depth interviews of Malcolm Shabazz and Kenneth Ford. Jr. Short is the executive producer of "The Façade of the American Dream" documentary addressing racism and social injustice that PressTV aired internationally 15 January 2013. Short's second documentary "Dred Scott Nation" debuted on PressTV in August of 2015. Short is a graduate of Howard University (B.S./Ph.D.), Harvard University (M.Div.), and the University of Virginia (M.Phil.). His Ph.D. in African and African American history. Short taught History and Religion at Bowie University and Lane College, former Executive Director of the Prince George's County Youth Commission, Board of Rebecca Project for Human Rights, and serves on the Board of the Coalition of Adoption Programs. As a Howard Univ. student leader, Short forced the school to grant honorary doctorates to Kwame Ture and organized the "Stop the Genocide in Darfur" campaign in 2004. Short is a columnist-contributor to Conservative Digital News, and he has published articles in Black Agenda Reports, the Baltimore-Washington Afro-American, News Dimensions, Howard University Barrister, and TAMSIR. Short helped Myrlie Evers and Rev. C.T. Vivian combat the burning of Black churches in the 1990s. Short is widely sought after as an Orator and consultant. His accomplishments are too vast to list all but we were able to insert a few.