Repertory with Roots: Black Youth, Black History, Black Culture, Black Music and the Bible takes the reader on a journey of pedagogical engagement that encompasses critical thinking, creative exploration, reflective journaling and collaborative learning. This holistic educational framework comprised of five experiential lessons promotes seeing, reaching, hearing and engaging youth in a manner that fosters their identity formation as unashamedly Black, unapologetic Christians.
Richelle B. White, Ph.D. is Professor of Youth Ministry at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and author of Daughters of Imani—Planning Guide: Christian Rites of Passage for African American Young Women, and Daughters of Imani—Young Women’s Bible Study.
The artist is Maddie Baker, a youth minister from Grand Rapids, Michigan whose passion is portraying the Christian faith through art. She teaches and mentors youth toward an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ.