Colored Women Sittin’ on High: The Spiritual Geniuses of Black Women in Literature, Music, and Religion
December 2nd, 2026 at 1:00 PM Et
Join Melanie R. Hill for a live presentation of her new book, Colored Women Sittin’ on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music, as she demonstrates how literature and music, sound and sermon function wholly through the womanist spiritual geniuses of Black women. From Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison to Ruby Sales, Aretha Franklin, and Ms. Lauryn Hill, Colored Women Sittin’ on High highlights Black women preachers, writers, and artists as the virtuosic alchemists of our time.
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