Bøger af Rosetta Chatman Davis

In her autobiography, Rosetta Chatman Davis describes her di cult life growing up inthe Fifties and Sixties on a farm in Greeleyville, South Carolina. Rosetta gives detailedfamily history from slavery to freedom, and through the Depression and World War II.Many of their experiences will bring you to tears. is is not just another "Down South"story, but a success story of a Black family who prayed and persevered through the injusticeof sharecropping, 'Jim Crow' laws, predjudiceness and tough times. All they had to dependupon was their faith in God and their ability to work hard.Rosetta was born prematurely in 1947 and was not expected to live, but God had otherplans and a purpose for her life. At age ten Rosetta and her siblings, were forced to workedalongside their parents in the elds, planting and harvesting cotton and tobacco.Rosetta's God-fearing parents demanded that she and her siblings take advantage of theeducation that was available to them; and each one enjoyed successful lives and careers afterleaving South Carolina and moving to New York City and Connecticut and New Jersey.Rosetta graduated from high school in Greeleyville South Carolina in 1965. Aftermoving to New York City, she attended Hunter Secretarial School and later studiedEarly Childhood Development at Lehman College in Bronx, New York. She has enjoyeda successful career of Federal Government service working for the United States DistrictCourt and the Veteran's Administration.Rosetta's passion and calling is studying God's word and teaching young children.Rosetta has been teaching the Bible to children and adults for over forty years. Rosetta iscurrently teaching in the Children's Ministry Department at Church of the Revelation inBronx, New York, and serves as leader of the Intercessory Prayer Ministry.