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I Dared to Hope: How a Passion For Justice Transformed a Sharecropper's Son

by J. Oscar McCloud
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781971718200
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Ripples Media LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Ripples Media LLC
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  • Pages: 186
  • Original Price: USD 27.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 363 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): African American & Black

From a sharecropper's shack on a Georgia plantation, through the heart of the civil rights movement, to the halls of the worldwide Protestant church - one man's nine-decade pilgrimage guided by an unshakeable faith in what could be.

I Dared to Hope recounts the extraordinary life journey of Oscar McCloud, who rose from the poverty of a sharecropping family in eastern Georgia in the 1930s and 1940s to positions of high-ranking leadership roles in the Presbyterian Church. McCloud outlines his extraordinary life experiences, from attending a one-room schoolhouse for primary school in the rural South, to becoming one of the first Black students to graduate from Warren Wilson College (N.C.), to a renowned pastoral career, culminating in his position as associate pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Through his memoir, McCloud exhibits the ability to envision a better life and new opportunities for service. McCloud's story is a testament to the transformative power of faith, education, and relentless dedication to justice.

McCloud, J. Oscar: - The Rev. J. Oscar McCloud is Associate Pastor emeritus at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, where he served as an administrative pastor from 1995 to 2005. Oscar was first ordained into Christian ministry in 1961 and received a call as pastor of Davie Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he served for three years. Later, from 1964 to 1971, he was on staff at the United Presbyterian Church, working with civil rights groups across the Southeast. Over his career, Oscar has traveled extensively on behalf of the Presbyterian Church, including trips to Europe, Africa, Asia, as well as Central and South America. He was active in the anti-apartheid movement in the US and Southern Africa. I Dared to Hope is Oscar's first book, with its launch in April 2026 coinciding with his ninetieth birthday.

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