Description |
xvi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Series |
African American life series
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African American life series.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Parentage -- Boyhood days -- Macon and Atlanta school days -- Four years in Oberlin College -- Seeking a path -- The path found -- Widening fields--working, learning, growing -- Authorship--Greek book--marriage -- Philology and politics -- Philology and other literary work -- In politics and magazines -- In Payne Seminary and at a southern university -- At the world's congress auxiliary of the Columbian Exposition -- Friends and helpers--deaths -- Back to the classical professorship and a vice presidency -- First European trip--delegate to the third Methodist Ecumenical conference--London, 1901 -- Miscellaneous activities -- Made president of Wilberforce University -- Second trip to Europe--delegate to the first universal races congress--[A] Rhine trip -- Labors for Wilberforce University--incidents -- Trips--south, west, and east -- World War I work -- Local and closing war labors -- Close of forty-five years in the field of education -- Third visit to Europe--again delegate to the Methodist ecumenical conference in London--Scotland--continental trip -- A new field of labor -- Retirement from public life--fiftieth anniversary of Oberlin's class of 1875 -- Looking backward and forward -- The end [Mrs. Scarborough's record of Professor Scarborough's last days]. |
Subject |
Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926.
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Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926. |
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African Americans -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Biography. |
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African American scholars -- Biography.
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African American scholars. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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African American college presidents -- Biography.
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African American college presidents. |
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Classicists -- United States -- Biography.
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Classicists. |
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United States. |
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Wilberforce University -- Biography.
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Wilberforce University. |
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Enslaved persons -- Georgia -- Macon -- Biography.
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Enslaved persons. |
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Georgia -- Macon. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Classical philology -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Classical philology -- Study and teaching. |
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Classical philology. |
Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
Ronnick, Michele V.
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ISBN |
0814332242 hardcover alkaline paper |
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