Supper on the Ground - Softcover

Lewis, Dr Joice Christine Bailey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1961227053 ISBN 13: 9781961227057

Publisher: Know Better Do Better, 2023

Synopsis

Supper on the Ground defines one of the enduring events of the African American people in the Holly Springs Missionary Baptist Church that has lasted for over 150 years and is still ongoing. It shows how a people found strength in being with family.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis grew up on a sharecropping farm in Alabama where black people were considered inferior to white people. She was subjected to substandard education and was denied attendance at the local Public University not withstanding that she had the second highest IQ in the city among black and white students. Dr. Lewis spent 27 years struggling to obtain a doctoral degree while working full time and rearing three children. Dr. Lewis achieved the highest level of employment as Superintendent of Schools and State Chief Financial Officer for Alabama. She retired from working at age seventy-four. Now at age eighty-five, she is focusing on writing books for children. Dr. Lewis has three children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: Know Better Do Better
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1961227053
• ISBN 13: 9781961227057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32