A faith to free the people / by Cedric Belfrage.

This resource contains a black and white illustrated portrait of Claude Williams, and two back and white reproductions of Williams' notes regarding scripture.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-317).

The sawdust trail -- The whole armor -- The kingdom of God -- "N*gger-lover" -- "The divine triangle -- Our daily bread -- The clash -- The fight for brotherhood -- The outcast -- God and mammon -- The rising tide -- The ordeal -- Light in the darkness -- To live or die -- The growing god -- The good news -- The people's institute -- The face of priestly religion -- The storm breaks -- The churches' opportunity.

"The subject of the biography, Claude Williams, was born into a poor-white Tennessee sharecropper family, who became a preacher of the gospel "for the truth that was in it" and who followed the truth wherever it lead him. Like the few of his faith he endeavored "to restore the common people's faith in the principles on which the country was founded." He started first among the miners and then when to work among the sharecroppers. Of course, the malefactors who live by maintaining inequality and injustice, with support of the Government, set upon him immediately. They deprived him of his church, jailed him and beat him. These trials and persecutions, however, did not silence him. He knew too much history to believe he could fail even though he might die at the hands of persecutors. He continued his efforts to apply Christianity dynamically to the present day problems. He won support of a few of the faithful and inspired others to advance the cause of the truth." - The University of Chicago Press.

This text contains racially offensive language.