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Another River to Cross

(2002)
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Book DescriptionCharles Johnson gives this firsthand account of a young black boy struggling in the cotton fields of Texas with a passionate love of music burning in his heart. How does he make his God-given dream come true in the face of racial, bitter hatred and discrimination?

Retelling how his grandmother who came to America on a slave ship at the age of ten, was brutally torn from her twin sister on the auction block. How she kept alive the faith that she would one day be reunited with that long lost sister. More than 100 years later her dim eyes would once more look upon that beloved face.

Charles Johnson is a much loved, successful gospel musician who has shared the stage with such famous performers as Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, B.B.King, and groups such as The Cathedrals. In Another River to Cross, he delivers pure gold in telling his family's story, the good as well as the not-so-good, honestly and without rancor.







Genre: Inspirational

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