Download or read book Permission to Be Black written by A. D. "Lumkile" Thomason and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many saw a confident, six-foot-five Black man, A. D. "Lumkile" Thomason lived most of his life deeply wounded by encounters with violence, abandonment, and family tragedy. Tracing how the art of Jay-Z gave voice to his own longings and how the gospel of Jesus brought him healing, A. D.'s powerful story gives you permission to be Black, to be Christian, and to be the person God has made you to be.