Title:
Find a trail or blaze one : a biography of Dr. Reatha Clark King / as told to Kate Leibfried.
ISBN:
9781643437002
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Edition:
First paperback edition.
Publication Information:
Saint Paul, MN : Beaver's Pond Press, 2022.
©2021
Physical Description:
xi, 339 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Awards Note:
Minnesota Book Award finalist - General Nonfiction, 2001.
Contents:
A message to you -- Preface -- A note on racial terminology -- A note on sources -- Chapter One. Cotton fields -- Chapter Two. South Georgia -- Chapter Three. Mount Zion -- Chapter Four. Dirt roads -- Chapter Five. Dirty spoon -- Chapter Six. Red brick walls -- Chapter Seven. City of wind and fire -- Chapter Eight. Nation's beating heart -- Chapter Nine. To the moon -- Chapter Ten. City so nice -- Chapter Eleven. Moving on up -- Chapter Twelve. On the right side of the tracks -- Chapter Thirteen. School without walls -- Chapter Fourteen. In the land of lakes -- Chapter Fifteen. Building bridges -- Chapter Sixteen. Driving against traffic -- Chapter Seventeen. To grow a school -- Chapter Eighteen. Foundational shifts -- Chapter Nineteen. Little flour mill on the river -- Chapter Twenty. Philanthropy in the Emerald City -- Chapter Twenty-one. Reaching wide -- Chapter Twenty-Two. A living legacy -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Bibliography.
Summary:
The story of Reatha Clark King shines a light on a woman who broke barriers in the pursuit of knowledge and justice. A sharecropper's daughter's who lived an inspiring life, Reatha Clark King shattered the corporate glass ceiling, shaped a university, and advocated for underestimated students. Find a Trail or Blaze One will resonate with all who seek opportunities to grow and succeed and find the courage to walk on uncharted paths. -- Back cover.
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OCLC Number:
on1350522442
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