Remnants : A Memoir of Spirit, Activism, and Mothering

An activist influential in the civil rights movement, Rosemarie Freeney Harding’s spirituality blended many traditions, including southern African American mysticism, Anabaptist Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism, and Afro-Brazilian Candomblé. Remnants, a multigenre memoir, demonstrates how Freeney Harding's spiritual life and social justice activism were integral to the instincts of mothering, healing, and community-building. Following Freeney Harding’s death in 2004, her daughter Rachel finished this decade-long collaboration, using recorded interviews, memories of her mother, and her mother's journal entries, fiction, and previously published essays. Cover Contents Foreword: Daughter’s Précis by Rachel E. Harding 1. (the light) I • Ground 2. Rye’s Rites (poem) 3. Grandma Rye 4. There Was a Tree in Starkville . . . 5. Daddy’s Mark 6. Joe Daniels: Getting Unruly 7. The Side of the Road 8. Papa’s Girl II • North 9. Snow and Spring in Woodlawn 10. Shirley Darden 11. Brother Bud’s Death 12. Death, Dreams, and Secrecy: Things We Carried 13. Seasons 14. Elegant Cousins and Original Beauty 15. Warmth 16. Altgeld Gardens 17. Hot Rolls (short fiction) 18. Looking for Work 19. The Nursing Test 20. In Loco Parentis (short fiction) 21. Mama Freeney and the Haints 22. Height III • South 23. Hospitality, Haints, and Healing: African American Indigenous Religion and Activism 24. Mennonite House in Atlanta 25. The Next-Door Neighbor 26. Traveling for the Movement 27. Koinonia Farm: Cultivating Conviction 28. A Radical Compassion: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Clarence Jordan, and Marion King-Jackson 29. A Song in the Time of Dying: A Memory of Bernice Johnson Reagon 30. The Blood House (a story outline) 31. Spirit and Struggle: The Mysticism of the Movement IV • The Dharamsala Notebook 32. Sunrise after Delhi (poem) 33. The Dharamsala Notebook I 34. The Dharamsala Notebook II V • Bunting 35. The Bunting 36. The Workshops and Retreats: Ritual, Remembering, and Medicine VI • The Pachamama Circle 37. Pachamama Circle I: Rachel’s Dream 38. Pachamama Circle II: Sue Bailey Thurman and the Harriets 39. Pachamama Circle III: A Choreography of Mothering 40. Mama and the Gods AfterWords 41. Fugida: Poem for Oyá 42. Class Visits: Love, White Southerners, and Black Exceptionalism 43. A Little Wind 44. (the Call) Appendix: Rosemarie’s Genealogies Acknowledgments Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Daughter's Précis / By Rachel E. Harding -- (the Light) -- Ground -- Rye's Rites (poem) -- Grandma Rye -- There Was A Tree In Starkville -- Daddy's Mark -- Joe Daniels: Getting Unruly -- The Side Of The Road -- Papa's Girl -- North -- Snow And Spring In Woodlawn -- Shirley Darden -- Brother Bud's Death -- Death, Dreams, And Secrecy: Things We Carried -- Seasons -- Elegant Cousins And Original Beauty -- Warmth -- Altgeld Gardens -- Hot Rolls (short Fiction) -- Looking For Work -- The Nursing Test -- In Loco Parentis (short Fiction) -- Mama Freeney And The Haints -- Height -- South -- Hospitality, Haints, And Healing: African American Indigenous -- Religion And Activism -- Mennonite House In Atlanta -- The Next-door Neighbor -- Traveling For The Movement -- Koinonia Farm: Cultivating Conviction -- A Radical Compassion: His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Clarence Jordan And Marion King-jackson -- A Song In The Time Of Dying: A Memory Of Bernice Johnson Reagon -- The Blood House (a Story Outline) -- Spirit And Struggle: The Mysticism Of The Movement -- The Dharamsala Notebook -- Sunrise After Delhi (poem) -- The Dharamsala Notebook I -- The Dharamsala Notebook Ii -- Bunting -- The Bunting -- The Workshops And Retreats: Ritual, Remembering, And Medicine -- The Pachamama Circle -- Pachamama Circle I: Rachel's Dream -- Pachamama Circle Ii: Sue Bailey Thurman And The Harriets -- Pachamama Circle Iii: A Choreography Of Mothering -- Mama And The Gods -- Fugida: Poem For Oyá -- Class Visits: Love, White Southerners, And Black Exceptionalism -- A Little Wind -- (the Call) -- Rosemarie's Genealogies. Rosemarie Freeney Harding, With Rachel Elizabeth Harding. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. An activist influential in the civil rights movement, Rosemarie Freeney Harding's spirituality blended many traditions, including southern African American mysticism, Anabaptist Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism, and Afro-Brazilian CandomblE. Remnants, a multigenre memoir, demonstrates how Freeney Harding's spiritual life and social justice activism were integral to the instincts of mothering, healing, and community-building. Following Freeney Harding's death in 2004, her daughter Rachel finished this decade-long collaboration, using recorded interviews, memories of her mother, and her mother's journal entries, fiction, and previously published essays. Remnants is the spiritual memoir of Civil Rights Movement activist Rosemarie Freeney Harding. She was a religious woman whose spirituality blended several religious practices. Following her death in 2004, her daughter Rachel finished her memoir, recorded interviews, her mother's journal entries, poems, previously published essays, and a lifetime of conversations.