This paper examines how James Cone believes that if blacks, particularly African-Americans, don't wake up and change the
traditional American
image of Jesus, they will probably never grasp the true philosophy and mission of Jesus. It discusses how African-Americans must see Jesus as a black man that endured the struggle and how it is the duty of black preachers, pastors and theologians to advocate black theology, which includes the black image of Jesus, for the sake and survival of the
African-American experience.