Rock Beneath the Sand
Rock Beneath the Sand

Author: Lois E. Myers

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781585442508

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Given in memory of Jameson Garrett Brown by the Rotary Club of Aggieland with matching support from the Sara and John H. Lindsey '44 Fund.

Why Stop?
Why Stop?

Author: Betty Dooley Awbrey

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications

Published: 2005-10-25

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 1589794826

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This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This fifth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.

The Sanctified South
The Sanctified South

Author: John Lawrence Brasher

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780252020506

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This richly detailed biography examines the colorful life and preaching of evangelist John Lakin Brasher (1868-1971), effectively destroying old stereotypes that portrayed holiness folk as fanatical and uneducated. Relying primarily on Brasher's 25,000 manuscripts and on extensive sound recordings of his preaching and storytelling, J. Lawrence Brasher analyzes the dynamics of holiness religious experience and explores the beliefs, rituals, politics, cultural context, and folklore of the southern holiness movement.

Timetables of African-American History
Timetables of African-American History

Author: Sharon Harley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1996-01-19

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0684815788

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From the first African communities in North America to the days of slavery, from the aesthetic achievements of the Harlem Renaissance to the political triumphs of the civil rights movement, from Harriet Tubman's creation of the Underground Railroad to the election of Carol Moseley Braun -- the first black woman senator -- in 1992, this comprehensive book illuminates African Americans both famous and little known. Thousands of entries document historical moments, laws and legal actions, and noteworthy events in the areas of religion, the arts, sports, education, and science and technology. The varied accomplishments of black Americans come to life in brief profiles of Louis Armstrong, Salt-N-Pepa, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Joe Louis, Wilma Rudolph, Paul Robeson, General Colin Powell, and hundreds of others.