Barbara Omolade

"My Story"
in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Underwritten by: Peter & Pat Cook

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• Calvin College's first Dean of Multicultural Affairs
• Christian scholar specializing in African-American and women's issues
• Co-director of the 2004 Consultation of Afro-Christian Scholars in Higher Education
• Over the past 40 years she has journeyed through civil rights activism, African-American cultural awakenings, early feminism, and the dawning era of women's studies. During this time she also raised a family, earned two graduate degrees, taught college, did pioneering scholarship, home-schooled her son and converted to Christianity.