AD“Grant had a gift given to few men; he could reach ordinary people without condescending to them,” Dr. McFeely wrote. In his 1991 biography, Dr. McFeely noted that Douglass, one of the most renowned public figures of his time, projected a sense of racial pride that was rare for the time. AD“It has been said that he ran away from being black,” Dr. McFeely wrote. ADAfter graduating in 1952 from Amherst College in Massachusetts, Dr. McFeely worked in New York for a forerunner of the Citigroup bank. While teaching at Yale, Dr. McFeely often toured the South, seeking to recruit promising African American students and professors.

Source: Washington Post December 20, 2019 00:45 UTC