Rosemarie Freeney Harding (1930–2004) was an organizer, teacher, social worker, and cofounder of Mennonite House, an early integrated community center in Atlanta. She also cofounded the Veterans of Hope Project at the Iliff School of Theology.
Rachel Elizabeth Harding, daughter of Rosemarie Freeney Harding and Vincent Harding, is Assistant Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado, Denver, and author of
Rosemarie Freeney Harding (1930–2004) was an organizer, teacher, social worker, and cofounder of Mennonite House, an early integrated community center in Atlanta. She also cofounded the Veterans of Hope Project at the Iliff School of Theology.
Rachel Elizabeth Harding, daughter of Rosemarie Freeney Harding and Vincent Harding, is Assistant Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado, Denver, and author of
Traveling for the Movement
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Published:April 2015
Explains the work that Rosemarie and Vincent did for the freedom movement—traveling to various towns to speak with local leaders and influential people to try to open their minds to the cause. She tells of one particular experience with a local plantation owner who was fascinated to meet them and interested to hear what they had to say, but couldn’t quite seem to accept it. The chapter ends with Rosemarie’s memory of seeing a kind of aura around Martin Luther King Jr.
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