Abstract Rev. Dr. Eugene W. Matthews describes his childhood in Hanover, Maryland, where he was adopted by his aunt and uncle and baptized by his great-grandfather. He recalls attending the one high school for African Americans in Anne Arundel County before joining the Air Force and spending most of his military service in Germany. He describes meeting his wife while working at Crownsville State Hospital in Maryland before becoming an analyst for the National Security Agency. He describes the...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Eugene W. Matthews describes his childhood in Hanover, Maryland, where he was adopted by his aunt and uncle and baptized by his great-grandfather. He recalls attending the one high school for African Americans in Anne Arundel County before joining the Air Force and spending most of his military service in Germany. He describes meeting his wife while working at Crownsville State Hospital in Maryland before becoming an analyst for the National Security Agency. He describes the...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Eugene W. Matthews describes his childhood in Hanover, Maryland, where he was adopted by his aunt and uncle and baptized by his great-grandfather. He recalls attending the one high school for African Americans in Anne Arundel County before joining the Air Force and spending most of his military service in Germany. He describes meeting his wife while working at Crownsville State Hospital in Maryland before becoming an analyst for the National Security Agency. He describes the...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Eugene W. Matthews describes his childhood in Hanover, Maryland, where he was adopted by his aunt and uncle and baptized by his great-grandfather. He recalls attending the one high school for African Americans in Anne Arundel County before joining the Air Force and spending most of his military service in Germany. He describes meeting his wife while working at Crownsville State Hospital in Maryland before becoming an analyst for the National Security Agency. He describes the...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Eugene W. Matthews describes his childhood in Hanover, Maryland, where he was adopted by his aunt and uncle and baptized by his great-grandfather. He recalls attending the one high school for African Americans in Anne Arundel County before joining the Air Force and spending most of his military service in Germany. He describes meeting his wife while working at Crownsville State Hospital in Maryland before becoming an analyst for the National Security Agency. He describes the...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills describes spending her early childhood in Southern Maryland before moving to Washington, D.C. and attending D.C. public schools and A.P. Shaw United Methodist Church. She recalls hearing a James Brown concert in 1968 from inside her home. Having shifted from a career as a software engineer, she recalls completing seminary and receiving a cross-racial appointment to a Catonsville church, becoming lead pastor at Good Hope Union United Methodist Church in Silver...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills describes spending her early childhood in Southern Maryland before moving to Washington, D.C. and attending D.C. public schools and A.P. Shaw United Methodist Church. She recalls hearing a James Brown concert in 1968 from inside her home. Having shifted from a career as a software engineer, she recalls completing seminary and receiving a cross-racial appointment to a Catonsville church, becoming lead pastor at Good Hope Union United Methodist Church in Silver...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills describes spending her early childhood in Southern Maryland before moving to Washington, D.C. and attending D.C. public schools and A.P. Shaw United Methodist Church. She recalls hearing a James Brown concert in 1968 from inside her home. Having shifted from a career as a software engineer, she recalls completing seminary and receiving a cross-racial appointment to a Catonsville church, becoming lead pastor at Good Hope Union United Methodist Church in Silver...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills describes spending her early childhood in Southern Maryland before moving to Washington, D.C. and attending D.C. public schools and A.P. Shaw United Methodist Church. She recalls hearing a James Brown concert in 1968 from inside her home. Having shifted from a career as a software engineer, she recalls completing seminary and receiving a cross-racial appointment to a Catonsville church, becoming lead pastor at Good Hope Union United Methodist Church in Silver...

Abstract Rev. Dr. Louis Shockley describes being raised in Dover, Delaware, by his parents, and being involved in desegregation efforts there before attending the March on Washington and subsequently being a leader in Junior NAACP before graduating from high school. He describes his work with civil movement leaders, helping pave the way for Martin Luther King Jr. to visit some East Coast cities. He moved from a promising art career to answering a call to the ministry and serving ministries first in...