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050 00 $aBX4705.B8113$bS65 2009
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100 1 $aSmith, Charlene.
245 10 $aThea's song :$bthe life of Thea Bowman /$cCharlene Smith and John Feister.
260 $aMaryknoll, N.Y. :$bOrbis Books,$cc2009.
300 $axvi, 319 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-306) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: There is a Balm in Gilead -- In Thea's own words : life in Canton -- Ancestral history of hope -- The parents : Mary and Theon in love -- Young Bertha -- School days in Canton -- Following St. Trancis to Wisconsin -- Stepping up -- Laid up -- Becoming Sister Thea -- Civil rights from afar -- Home again -- Sister Thea goes to Washington -- An emerging awareness -- To Europe -- The most powerful woman on campus -- Sister to the world -- Beyond Mississippi -- Let freedom ring -- An empowering mission -- Families, Black and Catholic -- To mother Africa -- Lead me, guide me -- We shall overcome today -- "Let me live until I die" -- Songs of my people -- A newfound freedom -- Unforgettable Thea -- Going home -- Winning the game for everybody.
520 $aYears n the making, here is the unforgettable life story of an African American Woman who brought joy to the whole world and changed the way people thought of themselves. She fought prejudice, suspicion, hatred, sadness, and all the things that drive people apart. Sister Thea Bowman, a pioneering leader of interracial relations, brought the experience of growing up a black girl in civil-rights-era Mississippi to a convent of white Catholic sisters in Wisconsin, and then to the world beyond. Her groundbraking work across the United States and overseas helping people to build interracial bridges during the 1980s has been the subject of numerous articles, books, and TV shows. 1980-1988. Thea is among the founders of the Institue for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans, where she teaches untill 1988. She is also an annual speaker at the University of Mississippi's Faulkner Conference.
600 10 $aBowman, Thea.
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610 20 $aFranciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.)$vBiography.
700 1 $aFeister, John.
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