Historical Biography - United States - 20th Century, Civil Rights - Movements & Figures, 20th Century American History - Civil Rights, Civil Rights - United States, Leadership & Statesmanship, Civil Rights - African American History, African Americans - B

Servants Of The People

Name: Servants Of The People
Author: Lea E. Williams
ISBN: 9780230606333

by Lea E. Williams

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Overview

Beginning with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, which forced the integration of public schools in the South, Servants of the People follows the lives of six such leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause: A. Philip Randolph, Frederick D. Patterson, Thurgood Marshall, Whitney M. Young, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Fannie Lou Hamer. In these fascinating profiles of six individuals who devoted their lives to service, Williams reveals the rich legacy of servant leadership that they embodied. Servants of the People paints a powerful portrait of an entire generation and those who came forth to lead them in the struggle for basic civil rights, recapturing their legacy and drawing valuable lessons for today's leaders.

Synopsis

Beginning with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, this book traces the lives of six American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause: A. Philip Randolph, Frederick D. Patterson, Thurgood Marshall, Whitney M. Young, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Fannie Lou Hamer.

About the Author, Lea E. Williams

www.leaewilliams.com

Lea E. Williams is an independent scholar living in Greensboro, North Carolina who lectures on African American leadership during the civil rights movement. She is the former executive director of the Women’s Leadership Institute at Bennett College and the National African-American Women’s Leadership Institute, Inc. Awards and honors include the Woman of Achievement Award in Education of the Greensboro Commission on the Status of Women and the Hilda A. Davis Award for Educational Leadership of the National Association for Women in Education. Currently she is a senior administrator at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.