Permission to Be Black, A. D. Lumkile Thomason
Permission to Be Black, A. D. Lumkile Thomason
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Permission to Be Black
My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus

Author: A. D. "Lumkile" Thomason

Narrator: A. D. Thomason

Unabridged: 4 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021

Synopsis

Throughout American history, Black people were not given the freedom to acknowledge their suffering. A. D. Thomason believes that the Holy Spirit brings freedom and liberation as we're able to name our pain, recognize its roots in history and society, and seek healing.

While many saw a confident, six-foot-five Black man, A. D. "Lumkile" Thomason lived most of his life in fear and anguish, deeply wounded by encounters with violence, abandonment, and family tragedy. Hiding behind a tough exterior, Adam earned his "Black card" but felt joyless inside. Even traveling around the globe to play professional basketball could not resolve his despair.

But in the art of Jay-Z, A. D. discovered stirring honesty that gave voice to his own expressions of longing. And in the gospel of Jesus, he experienced the healing and salvation that had long evaded him. A. D. uses his artistry as a poet and storyteller to share how he confessed his internalized pain and embraced the liberating joy of Christ. He writes for millennials, emerging adults, and anyone else who's ready to acknowledge the reality of racial trauma and our need to confront it. His powerful story gives you permission to be Black, to be Christian, and to be the person God has made you to be.

About A. D. "Lumkile" Thomason

A. D. "Lumkile" Thomason is a speaker, poet, and award-winning filmmaker. He has spoken around the nation and in places such as Sudan, South Africa, China, and Palestine. As an adjunct professor at Kilns College, he teaches on human rights, decolonizing your faith, and filmmaking. A native of Detroit, A. D. has more than seventeen years of experience preaching and teaching the peace of Jesus in ethnically divided countries, cultures, and communities. He and his wife, Dawntoya, live in the Atlanta area with their family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adam on March 16, 2021

Summary: An exploration of the relationship between relational, emotional, and spiritual health and being Black in America. It has been a week or so since I finished Permission to be Black. I have been trying to figure out how to write this review in a helpful way. I am a white guy in my late 40s; I......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on February 22, 2021

I love that we are in a place where more black men are expressing the importance of mental health and healing from past trauma. Culturally, mental health is something black people didn’t talk about and therapy is something we just didn’t do. This book is about the journey one black man, A.D. Lumkile......more

Goodreads review by Simone on June 18, 2022

Thank you, Netgalley and the author/publisher, for the opportunity to read and review an advanced reader's copy of this book. This in no way affects my review, all opinions are my own. I'm torn. On the one hand, I really liked that the author touched a subject that has not really been brought up when......more

Goodreads review by Josh on May 26, 2021

Permission to be Black wasn’t written for me, but I learned from it. Writing to Black Americans, A.D. Thomason encourages them to tear off their task, do the hard work of processing their generational trauma, and live boldly and unapologetically Black. Thomason’s premise begins like this: For genera......more

Goodreads review by Josh on May 26, 2021

Permission to be Black wasn’t written for me, but I learned from it. Writing to Black Americans, A.D. Thomason encourages them to tear off their task, do the hard work of processing their generational trauma, and live boldly and unapologetically Black. Thomason’s premise begins like this: For genera......more

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