née august december american author lecturer historian civil rights activist non white student earn bachelor degree music ohio briefly taught virginia involved international work month trip asia mid 1930s african american woman audience meeting inspired husband theologian promote non violent resistance means creating social change bringing attention young preacher actively protest served spiritual lines helped establish non church united_states played active role establishing international student organizations help prevent foreign students feeling isolated studying abroad organized international scholarship programs african american women studied racism effects prejudice people world making round world trips lifetime wrote books newspaper articles preserve black heritage initiated publishing efforts founding women journal addition writing second history black published laced historical information black professional women time african americans civil rights recognizing little academic interest black women history time marketing ploy food report lives black women participated international peace feminist conferences attended founding united_nations unofficial delegation established museums boston husband retired san_francisco worked develop resources black history american west honored centennial award sharing recognition director husband death took management funded research literary religious scientific purposes assisted scholarships black students death left couple vast archives numerous universities early years born august arkansas reverend née ford bailey attended primary school washington graduated college preparatory school atlanta georgia continued education ohio graduating bachelor degrees music liberal arts making black student earn music degree bailey developed friendship central figure harlem renaissance movement encouraged inventor jazz poetry read poetry traveled giving concerts cleveland new_york philadelphia london paris early career graduating took post music teacher virginia enjoy work issues friend teacher written anonymously founder complaining conditions college predominantly white administration bailey suspected writing letter published journal crisis thompson instead invited poetry reading moral support left traveling national secretary europe established world fellowship committee june dining hall north_carolina bailey married minister social critic writer dean prominent universities time marriage serving washington asia couple embarked month trip southern asia visiting burma ceylon india culminating pilgrimage friendship india husband led american delegation universities asked meet journalists students discuss race relations evaluate parallels situation indians british african americans white americans initially howard turned opportunity wife included offer trip finally agreed participants chosen simply wife words committee persons best able particular job decision remarkable period given black women invisible members society generally prohibited authoritative roles social welfare programs trip negro women organizations belonged culture meeting presented paper history negro music initially reluctant discuss slave music finally agreed explained asian christians negro deemed express profound faith people authentic western hymns sang taught songs local commented art having acquired knowledge subject earlier trip mexico couple met african americans audience asked message united_states work india personal quest finished important aspect meeting discussion non violent resistance means creating social change meeting profound effect couple changing direction lives remain christians meeting led consider establishing church free prejudice racial social economic spiritual boundaries returned united_states howard received letter behalf looking establish church san_francisco crossed racial spiritual divides hopeful know student interested position instead howard decided challenge securing leave absence order found church went bringing daughters strongly believed cause mid career scholarly work san_francisco established late 1930s allowed african american undergraduate women high academic achievement study travel abroad recipients scholarship following year recipients scholarship boston attended founded publishing vehicle edited archive committee formed design plan collecting works achievements african american women plans focused primarily written records professional accomplishment reflect middle class life committee initiated work collecting historical records black women committee chair mother donated creating national library archives museum june held archive drive printing notices asking ministers organizations help acquire photographs books opened facility library mary husband moved san_francisco wrote articles asian trip analyzing information discussing meeting pressing scholarship exchanges negro students indian universities talks writings learned non violent resistance means social protest church envisioned meeting reality opened non church united_states husband assumed pastoral duties organized forums lectures members learn peoples native americans cultures covering jews attended founding united_nations unofficial delegation official african american delegation included founder executive secretary founder insisted sending additional observers included event published report april questioned limited role people color played proceedings pointed large populations developing countries force representative attended held guatemala congress addressed issues supported women rights peace initiatives led delegation members paris fourth session researching black history california wrote articles reporter series entitled pioneers negro origin california title published articles book form second history black published california filled gap caused lack academic interest history america time written men exclusively white men women wrote history blacks california native boston dean years california couple moved boston prompted desire share ideas outreach inclusion university setting aware arrival black pastor white university lead difficulties beginning tried create inclusive environment organizing monthly members friends shortly arrived japanese student committed suicide leaving note friends known university finding family difficult response organized international students feeling isolated committee serving international students times criticized felt visibly active believed commitment addressing spiritual needs visible participating marches protests demonstrations papers letters people founded author novel national field secretary king credited spiritual guidance continued writing work boston published historical american negro gave recipes included black history stories professional women history counter belief black women time african americans excluded basic civil rights recognized order tell history new approach needed market histories african americans preface book explained creating history marketing ability 1960s traveled widely making trips study racial barriers prohibited creation community year granted travels possible canada meet tribal leaders discrimination embarked trip included nigeria israel hawaii california nigeria couple second round world tour took japan philippines egypt founded boston interested history discovered settlement free blacks lived prior civil war african meeting house housed boston black church segregated public school united_states museum created save site provide means purchase significant properties preservation african american heritage area created map important african american historical sites boston help daughter called negro freedom trails boston map highlighted points interest black history city boston created black school children sense history city today known adapted original idea boston arranged sculptor create commissioned freedom plaque salisbury north_carolina bailey invited speaker time honor donated collection dolls representing member nations college far 1930s collected ethnic dolls given universities promote understanding cultural differences awarded honorary doctorate san_francisco return took retirement couple moved san_francisco continued pursue historic preservation worked develop resources black history american west 1970s couple took trip honored centennial award sharing recognition director husband death took management funded research literary religious scientific purposes endowed scholarships black students assisted charitable projects mother olive husband daughter wife olive wife actor died christmas day san francisco buddhist center legacy death howard vast archives donated wishes numerous universities largest collection documents housed additional collections writings works institutions like archives libraries arkansas named mother bailey collection includes correspondence bailey personal libraries nearly thousand photographs
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