Sociology and Anthropology: Published Works
Sociology Professor Nominated for Prestigious Book Award
A modern-day griot, Harry G. Lefever, Spelman sociology professor, has committed to paper Spelman’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. As a result of his work, Professor Lefever has been nominated by the Georgia Writers Association for “Georgia Author of the Year” in the history division for his book, “Undaunted by the Fight: Spelman College and the Civil Rights Movement, 1957-1967” (Mercer University Press, 2005).
“Undaunted by the Fight” documents how a small, but dedicated, group of Spelman College students and faculty risked their lives, compromised their grades, and jeopardized their careers during the movement. As a member of the Spelman faculty for the past 40 years, Professor Lefever notes in the preface of his book, “It is important that the story of Spelman’s involvement in the civil rights movement be told by the women who lived it . . . Male activists deserve recognition, but so do female activists from Spelman and elsewhere who were equally involved and who, in many instances, initiated actions and provided leadership for the movement.”
Winners will be announced at the Georgia Writers Association’s 42nd annual awards ceremony on June 18 at the Robert Ferst Center of the Arts on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Purchase the Book
“Undaunted by the Fight" may be purchased at the Spelman College bookstore or online at: http://www.mupress.org/webpages/books/lefever.html
About the Author
Harry G. Lefever has a BA from Eastern Mennonite College (1955), a MA from the University of Chicago (1962), and a Ph.D. from Emory University (1971). He has been a member of the Spelman College sociology department since 1966 and served as chair of the sociology department (now sociology and anthropology) from 1975–1992. In 2003 he was promoted to the rank of professor emeritus of sociology. Prior to coming to Spelman, he taught for three years at Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
