The Spirit of an Activist: The Life and Work of I. DeQuincey Newman

Contributors

189 Contributors Gloria Blackwell (Rackley) was an educator and civil rights activist. Inspired by the Brown v. Board of Education decision, she began to participate in and lead numerous nonviolent demonstrations to desegregate the schools, hospitals, and other public accommodations during the 1960s. She retired in 1993 after two decades of teaching at Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) in Atlanta. Tanya S. Brice is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Her research interests include social welfare history, program evaluation, and adolescent sexual decision-making. Several of her published works are based on the historical method of research. Millicent E. Brown is an associate professor of history at Claflin University in Orangeburg , South Carolina. She has published and written extensively about civil rights. She served as chief plaintiff in the 1963 Brown v. School Board District 20 case (Charleston, South Carolina), the first public school desegregation case in the state. Her most recent research interests include being project director of “Somebody Had to Do It,” an effort to document all of the children involved in school desegregation nationwide. Wallace Brown, Sr., is a community activist and former executive assistant to the president of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. He is a former executive director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Richland community health care. He was a protégé and employee of Reverend Newman and is currently a consultant with Unison Health Plan. James E. Clyburn is a congressman representing the 6th District of South Carolina and majority whip in the 110th Congress. G. Robert Cook, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, is a retired state government grant coordinator and adjunct professor at Coker College. He was a longtime friend, coworker, and business partner of Reverend Newman. 190 Contributors Carrie Crawford Washington is a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and a graduate of South Carolina State University. She was hired by Reverend Newman while in graduate school and continued to work for him after graduating. She is currently a retired state government program manager. Donald L. Fowler is president of Fowler Communications, Inc., and an adjunct professor in the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of South Carolina. Karen Ross Grant, a retired state government project administrator, was a protégée and employee of Reverend Newman. After graduating from Winthrop College (now University), she worked in the 1970s with Reverend Newman as a research analyst in rural development across South Carolina. She has been an active member of and contributor to the community and the I. DeQuincey Newman United Methodist Church. Currently she is an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Sadye L. M. Logan is a professor and director of the I. DeQuincey Newman Institute for Peace and Social Justice, College of Social Work, the University of South Carolina. She is an accomplished scholar and editor of several books, including most recently Mental Health Care in the African American Community (2007). Robert E. McNair served as governor of South Carolina during the height of the civil rights movement, from 1965 to 1971. Josephine A. McRant, a freelance writer and private consultant, has a master of arts degree in management. She is a charter member of I. DeQuincey Newman United Methodist Church. Jerome Noble was an active student participant in the civil rights movement and a protégé of Reverend Newman. He is currently director for the Fulton County Department of Purchasing, Atlanta, Georgia. Matthew J. Perry, Jr., the first African American to be appointed to the federal branch of the U.S. District Court in South Carolina, was senior chief counsel for the South Carolina NAACP for twenty years. He is currently a senior U.S. District Court judge of South Carolina in Columbia. Harrison Reardon, a civil rights activist, was deputy director of the South Carolina Department of Social Services from 1975 to 1995. He serves as chairperson and commissioner of Richland-Lexington Airport District (1992–present). Richard W. Riley is former governor of South Carolina (1979–87) and former secretary of education (1993–2001). He is currently a senior partner of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, LLP, and resident in both the firm’s Columbia and Atlanta offices, counseling clients on business, governance, and financial matters. Contributors 191 Wim Roefs is a historian and a freelance writer as well as an art dealer...