"Feed my sheep" : the life of Alberta Henry / Colleen Whitley.

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"Feed My Sheep: The Life of Alberta Henry is a slender book that illuminates the life of an important Utah civil rights activist. The combination of oral history and more traditional biographical-style narrative offers a complex depiction of a strong Black woman coming of age during WWII and then mo...

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Main Author: Whitley, Colleen, 1940- (Author, Interviewer, Editor)
Other Authors: Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005 (Interviewee)
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Henry, Alberta, > 1920-2005.
Civil rights workers > Utah > Biography.
Women, Black > Utah > Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Women, Black.
Utah.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xiv, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Life of Alberta Henry
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Up from the floor
  • Moving on up
  • A wider world
  • A short visit to Utah
  • Building a firm foundation
  • The Salt Lake School District
  • The NAACP: fighting the good fight
  • One last great battle
  • Retirement
  • sort of
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Timeline of Alberta Hill Henry's life, affiliations, and honors
  • Appendix B: A sampling of students assisted by the Alberta Henry Education Foundation
  • Appendix C: An act in relation to service.