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The Story Behind an Unsung Event in the Civil Rights Movement“Over eight days, eight students sparked change that defined their lives, changed an institution and fueled a movement that continues today.” ─
Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and former publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald
#1 New Release in 1960s History of the U.S. and 2020 Finalist Sarton Women's Literary Award for Nonfiction with Special RecognitionFighting injustice and racism. This narrative tells the story of seven women and one man at the heart of a black power sit-in protesting decreased enrollment and hiring of African Americans at Swarthmore College, and demanding an African American Studies curriculum. The book, written by the former students themselves, includes autobiographical chapters providing a view into the lives of young people during the Civil Rights era.
Correcting media representation. For years the media and some in the school community portrayed the peaceful protest in a negative light―this collective narrative provides a very necessary and overdue retelling of the revolution that took place at Swarthmore College in 1969. The group of eight student protestors only recently have begun to receive credit for the school’s greater inclusiveness, as well as the influence their actions had on universities around the country.
The incredible true civil rights movement story in Seven Sisters and a Brother teaches us key lessons:- Old established institutions can change and will continue to change
- The struggle to give Black history, Black experiences, and Black lives a well earned place in our culture is winnable
- Truth can prevail when we unite with others and refuse to accept surrender
If you’ve read Warriors Don’t Cry, Between the World and Me, Pulse of Perseverance, Barack Obama’s A Promised Land, or Cicely Tyson’s Just as I Am; then you’ll love Seven Sisters and a Brother. Authors include: Marilyn Allman Maye • Harold S. Buchanan • Jannette O. Domingo • Joyce Frisby Baynes • Marilyn Holifield • Myra E. Rose • Bridget Van Gronigen Warren • Aundrea White Kelley
List of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Takeover Day Zero: Boiling Point
Children of the Sixties
The Takeover Day One: Locked Inside
The Swarthmore Experiment
The Takeover Day Two: Raising Our Profile
Not in Kansas Anymore-Myra's Story
The Takeover Day Three: Flavors of Support
We Had to Do Something!-Aundrea's Story
The Takeover Day Four: Sunday Morning
SASS-On Our Own
Fearful to Fearless-Joyce's Story
Photo Gallery
The Takeover Day Five: Meeting the Press
Not from Around Here-Bridget's Story
To See the World-Jannette's Story
The Takeover Day Six: Keeping Up Morale
Seeing the Unseen-Marilyn A's Story
The Takeover Day Seven: Standoff
From Down South to Up North-Marilyn H's Story
The Takeover Day Eight: Change of Course
Tao: Finding My Way-Harold's Story
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
References
About the author
Marilyn Maye, Ed. D. Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, New Jersey City University, New York City areaHarold Buchanan, M. Ed., retired Associate Director of Information Systems, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA areaJannette Domingo, Ph. D., retired Dean of Graduate Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Professor of Economics and Africana Studies, New York City areaJoyce Baynes, Ed. D. retired Superintendent, Dunellen, NJ, Englewood, NJMarilyn Holifield, J.D, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, Swarthmore College Board of Managers, Harvard University Board of Overseers, and University of Miami Board of TrusteesMyra Rose, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GABridget Warren, Ph. D. retired Professor of Biology, University of Panama, Panama City, Rep of Panama [TBV]Aundrea Kelley, M. Ed., retired VP for Academic Affairs, Quincy College, Quincy, MA and former Acting Commissioner for Higher Education, Boston, MA areaSophia A. Nelson, Esq., is a scholar-in-residence at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. She is a bestselling author of three nonfiction books: Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama; the newly re-released The Woman Code: 20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life, in paperback; and ePluribus One: Reclaiming Our Founders’ Vision for a United America. Nelson is a USA Today columnist, a contributing editor to thegrio.com, and a contributor to The Washington Post opinions. You can watch her regularly on network and cable television shows such as The Today Show, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, Anderson Cooper 360, Morning Joe, PBS NewsHour, and MSNBC as a noted legal, cultural, and political analyst.
