Author: DeWitt S. WilliamsPublisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc
ISBN: 9780828002745
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
She Fulfilled the Impossible Dream
Author: DeWitt S. WilliamsPublisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc
ISBN: 9780828002745
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
She Fulfilled the Impossible Dream
Author: DeWitt S. WilliamsPublisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 9781498460460
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
"Eva Beatrice Dykes!" Hearing her name, she lifted her head and walked briskly to the center of the stage. Polite applause could not hide the spontaneous murmur that spread throughout the all-white audience. "Isn't that a colored girl?" Those in the back rows stretched their necks to see, while those in the front stared in unbelief. But all whispered the same question. "Isn't that a colored girl?" Undaunted, she took the diploma and pumped the outstretched hand. She was the first black American woman to have completed the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. Soon she would begin a career of service to the black community and end up at Oakwood College, in Huntsville, Alabama. One of the most beloved black Adventist teachers and musicians, she contributed an inspiring life of selfless devotion and service and triumph over prejudice. DeWitt S. Williams was a former student under Dr. Dykes and wrote this book out of admiration for her Christian character and service. Dr. Williams served as the associate director of health for the Health/Temperance Department at the General Conference from 1983 until 1990, and then as director of health for the North American Division from 1990 until he retired in 2010 after forty-six years of service to the Adventist Church. He has lectured in more than 100 countries and served as a missionary to Africa. This, the third printing, has an added illustrated epilogue for young people written by Laurie Lyon which first appeared in Guide magazine in August, 2009. This easy-to-read section can act as a review for those who have read the story before or be a wonderful introduction to the inspiring story of Dr. Eva B. Dykes.
She Fulfilled the Impossible Dream
Author: DeWitt S. WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The Segregated Scholars
Author: Francille Rusan WilsonPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813925509
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The careers Wilson considers include many of the most brilliant of their eras. She sheds new light on the interplay of the professional and political commitments of W.E.B. Du Bois, Abram L. Harris, Robert C. Weaver, Carter G. Woodson, George E. Haynes, Charles H. Wesley, R.R. Wright Jr. - a succession of scholars bent on replacing myths and stereotypes regarding black labor with rigorous research and analysis.
Pioneer African American Educators in Washington, D.C.: Anna J. Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, and Eva B. Dykes
Author: Marina BacherPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643909454
Category : African American civic leaders
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Anna J. Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, and Eva B. Dykes shaped the educational landscape in Washington, D.C., in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These three pioneer educators serve as examples to describe the societal circles they were involved in. The many facets of their educational achievements are analyzed in the context of the educational elite of Washington. Cooper, Terrell, and Dykes not only had to live with race discrimination but also with gender discrimination. Unpublished archive material is used to illustrate how they interacted and how they treated each other. Marina Bacher is a scholar, author, and educator. (Series: American Studies in Austria, Vol. 18) [Subject: Education, Sociology, History]
Seeking a Sanctuary
Author: Malcolm BullPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253347645
Category : Adventists
Languages : en
Pages : 1043
Book Description
The story of a large yet little-known Protestant denomination
Campus Uprisings
Author: Ty-Ron M. O. DouglasPublisher: Multicultural Education
ISBN: 0807763667
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"CAMPUS UPRISINGS captures the voices and spirit of student activists, faculty, administration, and staff as they protest the racial and social injustices that occurred in communities like Ferguson, Missouri and elsewhere, and to demonstrate the power and value of principled non-violent activism to provoke change"--
Lewis C. Sheafe
Author: Douglas MorganPublisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc
ISBN: 0828023972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Born just as the Civil War began, Lewis Sheafe grew to manhood at a pivotal moment in American history. But instead of racial equality, the nation offered its freed slaves further oppression and injustice. Sheafestrong-willed, dynamic, and seemingly tirelesshad but two main objectives: uplift his people spiritually and socially, and consistently adhere to biblical principle in all aspects of life. In this gripping biography Douglas Morgan pieces together the life of this forgotten leader whose story sheds light on the reason that no lasting, separate Black Adventist denomination ever formed.
Over the Top
Author: Kay D. RizzoPublisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc
ISBN: 0828025983
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A collection of devotional readings and Bible verses for each day of the year.
Sister Circle
Author: Sharon HarleyPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813530611
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"Sister Circle: Black Women and Work" is the end product of almost a decade's commitment made to each other by a small group of interdisciplinary Black and (one) white "Sister Scholars" at the University of Maryland in 1993.