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Author:
Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926.
Title:
The autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough : an American journey from slavery to scholarship / edited and with an introduction by Michele Valerie Ronnick ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher:
Wayne State University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
xvi, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Scarborough, W. S.--(William Sanders),--1852-1926.
Wilberforce University--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
African American scholars--Biography.
African American college presidents--Biography.
Classicists--United States--Biography.
Slaves--Macon--Macon--Biography.
African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Classical philology--Study and teaching--United States.
Other Authors:
Ronnick, Michele V.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Parentage -- Boyhood days -- Macon and Atlanta school days -- Four years in Oberlin College -- Seeking a path -- The path found -- Widening fields--working, learning, growing -- Authorship--Greek book--marriage -- Philology and politics -- Philology and other literary work -- In politics and magazines -- In Payne Seminary and at a southern university -- At the world's congress auxiliary of the Columbian Exposition -- Friends and helpers--deaths -- Back to the classical professorship and a vice presidency -- First European trip--delegate to the third Methodist Ecumenical conference--London, 1901 -- Miscellaneous activities -- Made president of Wilberforce University -- Second trip to Europe--delegate to the first universal races congress--[A] Rhine trip -- Labors for Wilberforce University--incidents -- Trips--south, west, and east -- World War I work -- Local and closing war labors -- Close of forty-five years in the field of education -- Third visit to Europe--again delegate to the Methodist ecumenical conference in London--Scotland--continental trip -- A new field of labor -- Retirement from public life--fiftieth anniversary of Oberlin's class of 1875 -- Looking backward and forward -- The end [Mrs. Scarborough's record of Professor Scarborough's last days].
Series:
African American life series
ISBN:
9780814332245 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0814332242 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)55502837
LCCN:
2004011624
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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