History Archives - Book Nook by Rocky Heights https://localbooknook.com/product-tag/history/ Self-Published Author Services Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:39:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://localbooknook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-1-32x32.png History Archives - Book Nook by Rocky Heights https://localbooknook.com/product-tag/history/ 32 32 A Glimpse at My Life and Works Through Poetry and Prose https://localbooknook.com/product/a-glimpse-at-my-life-and-works-through-poetry-and-prose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-glimpse-at-my-life-and-works-through-poetry-and-prose https://localbooknook.com/product/a-glimpse-at-my-life-and-works-through-poetry-and-prose/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:44:38 +0000 https://localbooknook.com/?post_type=product&p=7966 This document represents the evolution of my life from those first days in Birmingham, Alabama, to the journey to North Dakota, Minnesota, Syracuse, Princess Anne Maryland, Pittsburgh, and finally back to Birmingham.  My story is evidence of your story’s value, in telling the whole story of our amazing survival in this country.  Our collective stories answer the questions raised by Vincent Harding when he asked, “How [amid] such death and suffering could we find so much strength to love, so much determination to live, fight on, and be free?  In permanent and grueling exile, how could a people dance and create songs and art, fashion institutions of hope, bear so many children of beauty?”  I encourage you to aid this process of providing answers, by letting the world in on your story.

 

Dr. Horace Huntley

July, 2024

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Written by Dr. Horace Huntley

Dr. Horace Huntley, a native of Birmingham, Alabama and graduate of Wenonah High School, was one of the first recipients of the Baccalaureate Degree in African American Studies in America. It was conferred upon him at the University of Minnesota. He was then awarded a fellowship to study at Syracuse University and was granted the Master of Arts Degree in American History. His Doctorate of Philosophy in History was granted by the University of Pittsburgh in American History with emphasis on African Americans and the U.S. Labor Movement in the twentieth century.

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