Randal Maurice Jelks: 2 books
by Randal Maurice Jelks
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In this first full-length biography of Benjamin Mays (1894-1984), Randal Maurice Jelks chronicles the life of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called his "spiritual and intellectual father." Dean of the Howard University School of Religion, president of Morehouse College, and mentor to influential...
Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans
Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
In 1964, Muhammad Ali said of his decision to join the Nation of Islam: "I know where I'm going and I know the truth and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want to be.†?
This sentiment, the brash assertion of individual freedom, informs and empowers each...