Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement, by Freeman A. Hrabowski III
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An education leader relates how his experiences with the civil rights movement led him to develop programs promoting educational success in science and technology for African Americans and others. When Freeman Hrabowski was twelve years old, a civil rights leader visited his Birmingham, Alabama, church and spoke about a children’s march for civil rights and opportunity. That leader was the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and that march changed Hrabowski’s life. Until then, Freeman was a kid who loved school and solving math problems. Although his family had always stressed the importance of education, he never expected that the world might change and that black and white students would one day study together. But hearing King speak changed everything for Hrabowski, who convinced his parents that he needed to answer King’s call to stand up for equality. While participating in the famed Children’s Crusade, he spent five terrifying nights in jail—during which Freeman became a leader for the younger kids, as he learned about the risk and sacrifice that it would take to fight for justice. Hrabowski went on to fuse his passion for education and for equality, as he made his life’s work inspiring high academic achievement among students of all races in science and engineering. It also brought him from Birmingham to Baltimore, where he has been president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for more than two decades. While at UMBC, he co-founded the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, which has been one of the most successful programs for educating African Americans who go on to earn doctorates in the STEM disciplines. In Holding Fast to Dreams, Hrabowski recounts his journey as an educator, a university president, and a pioneer in developing successful, holistic programs for high-achieving students of all races.
Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement, by Freeman A. Hrabowski III- Amazon Sales Rank: #218925 in Books
- Brand: Hrabowski, Freeman A., III
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.70" h x .80" w x 5.70" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 208 pages
Review “A noble personification of the civil rights movement and an inspirational manual on instilling empowerment and possibility in today's youth.”—Kirkus Reviews“Dr. Hrabowski’s personal experiences as a child of the Civil Rights Movement being raised in a community committed to educating African-American children with high expectations during difficult times, reminds us we have an obligation to support all children. This message could not come at a more opportune time. While clear that there is still much work to be done, Dr. Hrabowski provides a blueprint for anyone interested in taking up the challenge of ensuring that no child in America ever has his or her dream deferred.” —David J. Johns, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans “Freeman Hrabowski is the son of Freeman Hrabowski Jr., son of Freeman Hrabowski (firstborn free man and farm owner in Lowndes county near Selma), son of Tom Hrabrowski, born into Lincoln’s age as a slave. In Holding Fast to Dreams, he speaks to a twenty-first century America, addressing Lincoln’s ‘House Divided’ conundrum: ‘If we could first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how to do it.’ Get the book. Read all about it.” —Dr. Robert P. Moses, President and Founder, The Algebra Project, Inc.“Freeman Hrabowski has gone from being a frontline soldier in the Birmingham Children’s Crusade to a national leader in the twenty-first century movement to expand access to education. In this inspiring and hopeful book, he shares his extraordinary story and lessons learned from a lifetime of striving for, studying, and nurturing excellence against any odds.” —Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense Fund“A mathematically gifted African-American grows up in the segregated South, nurtured by loving and caring adults. He spends 5 frightening days in a Birmingham jail at age 12 for joining a peaceful protest. A keen observer with a scientific mindset, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski explains how he continually learns from a series of such experiences to become a great leader—creating a new pathway that enables many other African-American males to likewise succeed as scientific, engineering and medical intellects. This is a wonderful story, told by a man who serves as a role model for all Americans—regardless of race.”—Bruce Alberts, President Emeritus, US National Academy of Sciences
About the Author Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III is a recognized leader and innovator in American higher education. He chairs the US. President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He has been named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” and one of the “10 Best College Presidents” by Time, and he is the recipient of a Top American Leaders Award from the Washington Post and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. He and his wife, Jacqueline, live in Owings Mills, Maryland, and have a son, Eric.
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From The Introduction
They were crying. Our parents—perhaps a hundred or more—had come to hold an evening vigil of song and prayer for all the jailed children, and as they looked up at the walls of the detention center where we were held, they openly wept. They wept at the thought of their children in narrow, overcrowded cells; they wept out of fear for and maybe also pride in those children they held so dear; they wept, frustrated with an oppressive system whose time to go had come.Tears streamed down our own faces as we looked back out the jailhouse windows at our mothers and fathers outside. Our emotions were raw.The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood with our parents. With his words, he comforted us all and lifted us up. His voice carried from where the crowd gathered, and we, the children sent to jail by the segregationists of Birmingham, Alabama, listened carefully as he strengthened us, saying that what we had achieved by marching and willingly going to jail would change the lives of children not yet born.What we children had achieved.Changing the lives of others not yet born.I was twelve at the time and could not yet fully grasp either Dr. King’s meaning or his vision. I could not imagine that I would one day be president of a university that embraced a diverse student body of whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and students from a hundred or more countries. At the time, I had never even seen people of different races seated together or learning together; I had never spoken to anyone of another race.For now, I was sitting behind bars, wondering not so much about generations to come but about my own future. When would I get out of this jail? What could I expect of the future? Would Birmingham, Alabama, the South, or America change so that someone like me, who was excited about school, could get an education and follow my dreams wherever they took me, even though I was black?Ahead of me was a long journey through five decades, a journey from Birmingham to Baltimore, during which I worked to fulfill my dream of providing greater opportunity for high-achieving students so they could realize their potential, regardless of their backgrounds. This book is the story of that journey. It began in Birmingham, a city that was briefly and critically the epicenter of the civil rights movement in the spring and summer of 1963.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. it's one of those memorable books which make you feel you have had a good look at someone else's world By Suusan I found this to be a very readable, inspiring and fascinating book. I will not summarize what it is about because that has been done. It is an interesting book in that it tells two linked but separate stories: 1) that of the author's involvement in the Civil Rights movement as a youth and 2) the story of the program at UMBC which recruits and supports minority students in the STEM fields. Both stories held my attention and were very readable. In the description of the latter program, the author takes us through the genesis and development of the program in a manner which is quite clear. If you are not in the field of education, it's one of those memorable books which make you feel you have had a good look at someone else's world. If you are in the field of education, I think it has a lot to say about our system and what can make the difference for students who come from less privileged backgrounds and schools. ( )
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Hrabowski's heroic educational prescription By Shirley Bowen This is an excellent read and an important self-reflective document about educational strivings since the 1950s.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Poignant and Hopeful, A Must Read By JE88 Both delivering a remarkably true story, and broadcasting a stirring call to this country's conscience re: STEM, Dr. Hrabowski grants readers a fascinating view into his life and mission. Taking us from his math and music-filled beginnings, through his harrowing experiences as a young leader in the Civil Rights movement, and ultimately to his ascension as one of the foremost intellectuals in the education field...it's an incredibly compelling story (fit for a movie, if we're honest...anyone have Ava DuVernay's number?).Most importantly, he reminds us to dream and make the world we desire. It's clear he's followed his own advice, and I can't wait to see his STEM dreams for our country continue to bloom. A must read.
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