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Author: Diane Kiesel Publisher: Potomac Books ISBN: 1640121684 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 410
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Long before it became the slogan of the presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Dorothy Ferebee (1898–1980) lived by the motto “Yes, we can.” An African American obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington DC, she was descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and a judge. At a time when African Americans faced Jim Crow segregation, desperate poverty, and lynch mobs, she advised presidents on civil rights and assisted foreign governments on public health issues. Though articulate, visionary, talented, and skillful at managing her publicity, she was also tragically flawed. Ferebee was president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha black service sorority and later became the president of the powerful National Council of Negro Women in the nascent civil rights era. She stood up to gun-toting plantation owners to bring health care to sharecroppers through her Mississippi Health Project during the Great Depression. A household name in black America for forty years, Ferebee was also the media darling of the thriving black press. Ironically, her fame and relevance faded as African Americans achieved the political power for which she had fought. In She Can Bring Us Home, Diane Kiesel tells Ferebee’s extraordinary story of struggle and personal sacrifice to a new generation.
Author: Diane Kiesel Publisher: Potomac Books ISBN: 1640121684 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 410
Book Description
Long before it became the slogan of the presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Dorothy Ferebee (1898–1980) lived by the motto “Yes, we can.” An African American obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington DC, she was descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and a judge. At a time when African Americans faced Jim Crow segregation, desperate poverty, and lynch mobs, she advised presidents on civil rights and assisted foreign governments on public health issues. Though articulate, visionary, talented, and skillful at managing her publicity, she was also tragically flawed. Ferebee was president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha black service sorority and later became the president of the powerful National Council of Negro Women in the nascent civil rights era. She stood up to gun-toting plantation owners to bring health care to sharecroppers through her Mississippi Health Project during the Great Depression. A household name in black America for forty years, Ferebee was also the media darling of the thriving black press. Ironically, her fame and relevance faded as African Americans achieved the political power for which she had fought. In She Can Bring Us Home, Diane Kiesel tells Ferebee’s extraordinary story of struggle and personal sacrifice to a new generation.
Author: Anna Elizabeth Clendening Publisher: ISBN: Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 184
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"This is an account of an old Virginia family, the descendants of Derby Dunaway (died 1729) of Lancaster County in the Northern Neck of Virginia, a family which has produced eminent clergymen, scholars and industrialists. ... Derby Dunaway first appears with a wife Mary in St. Mary's County, Maryland, across the Potomac River opposite Northumberland County. On 9 April 1674 ... [he] proved his right to 50 acres of land for his service performed in this province ... [after 1680] he disappears from the Maryland records, apparently, he moved to Lancasster County, Virginia." --P. 1. Descendants lived in Virginia, West Virginia and elsewhere.
Author: Clarence R. Geier Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781541023482 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
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The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of underwater archaeology. Written by prominent archaeologists with research experience in their respective topic areas, the chapters consider important issues of Virginia history and consider how the discipline of historic archaeology has addressed them and needs to address them . Changes in research strategy over time are discussed , and recommendations are made concerning the need to recognize the diverse and often differing roles and impacts that characterized the different regions of Virginia over the course of its historic past. Significant issues in Virginia history needing greater study are identified.
Author: William Armstrong Crozier Publisher: Heritage Books ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 126
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This volume includes 295 family names with detailed descriptions of their family arms, often their family crest and sometimes their family motto. Entries also include the county (in Virginia) associated with the family, the name of their immigrant ancesto
Author: Library of Congress Publisher: ISBN: Category : Subject catalogs Languages : en Pages : 996
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Beginning with 1953, entries for Motion pictures and filmstrips, Music and phonorecords form separate parts of the Library of Congress catalogue. Entries for Maps and atlases were issued separately 1953-1955.
Author: Diane Kiesel
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