Way Beyond Pisgah: Inside Integration in Small Town Mississippi - Softcover

Adams, Alean McIntyre; Rose, S. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451575327 ISBN 13: 9781451575323

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

"Everybody has their Philadelphia. It's a moment when you face your greatest fear knowing that you may not survive. But you do survive, and when you come out the other side you find that your Philadelphia has stripped away your fear. You know for certain that you can survive fear, and that you are stronger than you ever knew you could be." I believe that many of us have faced our Philadelphia and we are ready to move ahead.

About this title

About the Author

Beneath the surface harmony of Fannin, Mississippi lay the harsh relics of the slave years. For young Alean McIntyre, the casual segregation and callous prejudice combined with her grandfater's fierce pride and her parents' determined struggle, forging in her a desire to improve the world she knew. With her husband John Quincy Adams, Alean surmounted a childhood of poverty to lead the fight for integration in rural northwest Rankin County. "I always knew that things could be better," Alean said, and she set out to make it so. This remarkable family rose briefly to prominence in their community. As integration became a dream realized, Alean turned her focus to teaching as she and John provided for their large family. She taught under the Freedom Tree in her front yard; she was a pioneer in Mississippi's Head Start program; and she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1451575327
• ISBN 13: 9781451575323
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Smith Brenda Jones
• Number of pages: 234