Kelisha B. Graves – författare

This volume brings together the writings of Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator, civil rights activist, and leading voice in the African American community during the first half of the twentieth century.Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879–1961) is just one of the many African American intellectuals whose work has long been excluded from the literary canon. In her time, Burroughs was a celebrated African American (or, in her era, a "race woman") female activist, educator, and intellectual. This book represents a landmark contribution to the African American intellectual historical project by allowing readers to experience Burroughs in her own words. This anthology of her works written between 1900 and 1959 encapsulates Burroughs's work as a theologian, philosopher, activist, educator, intellectual, and evangelist, as well as the myriad of ways that her career resisted definition. Burroughs rubbed elbows with such African American historical icons as W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Anna Julia Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, and Mary McLeod Bethune, and these interactions represent much of the existing, easily available literature on Burroughs's life. This book aims to spark a conversation surrounding Burroughs's life and work by making available her own tracts on God, sin, the intersections of church and society, black womanhood, education, and social justice. Moreover, the volume is an important piece of the growing movement toward excavating African American intellectual and philosophical thought and reformulating the literary canon to bring a diverse array of voices to the table.

This volume brings together the writings of Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator, civil rights activist, and leading voice in the African American community during the first half of the twentieth century.Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879–1961) is just one of the many African American intellectuals whose work has long been excluded from the literary canon. In her time, Burroughs was a celebrated African American (or, in her era, a "race woman") female activist, educator, and intellectual. This book represents a landmark contribution to the African American intellectual historical project by allowing readers to experience Burroughs in her own words. This anthology of her works written between 1900 and 1959 encapsulates Burroughs's work as a theologian, philosopher, activist, educator, intellectual, and evangelist, as well as the myriad of ways that her career resisted definition. Burroughs rubbed elbows with such African American historical icons as W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Anna Julia Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, and Mary McLeod Bethune, and these interactions represent much of the existing, easily available literature on Burroughs's life. This book aims to spark a conversation surrounding Burroughs's life and work by making available her own tracts on God, sin, the intersections of church and society, black womanhood, education, and social justice. Moreover, the volume is an important piece of the growing movement toward excavating African American intellectual and philosophical thought and reformulating the literary canon to bring a diverse array of voices to the table.

This book focuses on the history and prospects of the strategic alliances between African nations and America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Drawing on extensive archival and original research, this book fills critical gaps and provides a compelling, data-driven case for further collaborations. HBCUs have played a vital role in American history, nurturing change-makers from the US Civil Rights Era and the African Independence Movements, but today funding constraints and shifting student demographics are threatening their future. The African continent has the world’s largest youth population, and many nations are seeking greater partnership with the US. This book argues that expanded strategic alliances between HBCUs and African nations offer a unique opportunity for mutual benefits, such as capacity building, knowledge exchange, and the overall advancement of nations and institutions on both sides. Based on extensive original research, this book combines archival materials, documentary analysis, survey research, and interviews with senior-level HBCU leaders and African educational and civil society leaders to inform its recommendations.Offering a timely analysis of the conditions, challenges, and opportunities for collaboration between American HBCUs and African nations, this book will be an important resource for researchers across Education, African studies, and African American studies. It will be especially valuable for policymakers and higher education leaders, as well as for professionals in international development and philanthropy working at the intersection of education, equity, and global engagement.

This book focuses on the history and prospects of the strategic alliances between African nations and America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Drawing on extensive archival and original research, this book fills critical gaps and provides a compelling, data-driven case for further collaborations. HBCUs have played a vital role in American history, nurturing change-makers from the US Civil Rights Era and the African Independence Movements, but today funding constraints and shifting student demographics are threatening their future. The African continent has the world's largest youth population, and many nations are seeking greater partnership with the US. This book argues that expanded strategic alliances between HBCUs and African nations offer a unique opportunity for mutual benefits, such as capacity building, knowledge exchange, and the overall advancement of nations and institutions on both sides. Based on extensive original research, this book combines archival materials, documentary analysis, survey research, and interviews with senior-level HBCU leaders and African educational and civil society leaders to inform its recommendations.Offering a timely analysis of the conditions, challenges, and opportunities for collaboration between American HBCUs and African nations, this book will be an important resource for researchers across Education, African studies, and African American studies. It will be especially valuable for policymakers and higher education leaders, as well as for professionals in international development and philanthropy working at the intersection of education, equity, and global engagement.