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Mary McLeod Bethune : village of God
- Title
- Mary McLeod Bethune : village of God / Yahya Jongintaba.
- Author
- Jongintaba, Yahya
- Publication
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 327 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Mary McCleod Bethune, one half of the historic founders of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona, Florida, rose from humble beginning as the daughter of former slaves and a field hand from the age of five to initiate a school for African American girls that would become today's university. Yahya Jongintaba explores Bethune's religious upbringing in an impoverished South, her hard-nosed work ethic, and her strongly held religious beliefs that would lead her to found an industrial training school for girls in turn of the twentieth century Florida. Jongintaba, using the large archival holdings of Bethune's personal writings and speeches, argues that by viewing Bethune's life through her religious convictions, readers can better understand the historical dimensions surrounding an already heralded leader"--
- Subject
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 > Religion
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
- 1865-1999
- African American women educators > Biography
- African Americans > Education > History > 20th century
- African American women educators
- African Americans > Education
- Religion
- Social conditions
- Southern States > Social conditions > 1865-1945
- Southern States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Freedom: Our Father Who Is In Heaven Holy Is Your Name -- Creativity: Your Kingdom Come Your Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven -- Integrity: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread And Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors -- Discipline: Lead Us Not Into Temptation But Deliver Us From Evil -- Love: For Yours Is The Kingdom And The Power And The Glory Forever.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-586
- ISBN
- 9781621906216
- 1621906213
- LCCN
- 2020032143
- OCLC
- 1176316908
- Author
- Jongintaba, Yahya, author.
- Title
- Mary McLeod Bethune : village of God / Yahya Jongintaba.
- Publisher
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2021]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1865-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-586