Sweet Daddy Grace: The Gospel According to Daddy

07/19/23 • 27 min

Since she was a little girl, Marcy DePina felt drawn to a man called Daddy Grace, a charismatic immigrant from Cabo Verde, West Africa, who – during the violent Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras – traveled around the United States preaching, healing, and building his megachurch.

But who was Daddy Grace? For all his accomplishments, he seems to raise more questions than answers. Like why isn’t he more known and celebrated in the Cape Verdean community? And when Marcy brings him up to her family, why do some people refuse to talk about him? And most importantly: Marcy wants to know, are she and Daddy Grace actually related?

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Transcript

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First time I heard his name whispered in my family, I was around nine. When I was eleven, I first heard the shout music coming from down the block. At thirteen, I first tasted the church's legendary food. At nineteen, I first saw a photo of Daddy Grace standing in front of his packard in an elegant white suit, with attendance by his side. It felt like I knew him and that he knew me. All grip a chairman, Amen, Amen,

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