Marianna W. Davis
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| Born | January 8, 1929 north Philadelphia |
| Died | September 11, 2021 |
| Education | South Carolina State College |
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Marianna White Davis (January 8, 1929 ~ September 11, 2021) was a professor and author in the United States.[1] She wrote Contributions of Black Women in American History.
She was born in north Philadelphia. Rev. Albert McNeil White, who served in the army, and Laura Bowman White, a teacher, were her parents. In 1931 the family moved back to Columbia, South Carolina. She graduated from Wilkinson High School in 1945, South Carolina State College in 1949, New York University in 1952, and received her doctorate from Boston University.[2]
She was a professor of English at Benedict College. She was an organizer of the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English.[3] She organized and produced the Black History Teleconference.[4] She was a member of the United Methodist Church.[5]
She married Clifton E. Davis. Kenneth Renay Davis Sr. was her son.[4] The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring her life in 2021.[4]
Writings
- A Comparative Analysis of Sentences Written by Eighth Grade Students Instructed in Transformational-generative Grammar and Traditional Grammar (1971)[6][7]
- South Carolina's Blacks and Native Americans, 1776-1976, State Human Affairs Commission
- History of Black Women in America, Volume 1 (1982)[8]
- The Enduring Dream: History of Benedict College, 1870-1995
- Teaching African American Literature: Language and Practice, co-author[9][10][11]
- History of the Black Caucus: National Council of Teachers of English, editor[12]
- The Bowman Family of South Carolina; Our Roots, Oz and Charity Bowman (2003)[13]
References
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=D3K5HL3j37gC&pg=PA239&dq=marianna+white+davis&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi81Ziuwp2AAxXTfTABHWgLCGg4ChDoAXoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=marianna%20white%20davis&f=false
- ↑ https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6797k2p
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=6FYmyTNM174C&pg=PT254&dq=marianna+white+davis&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOvomqw52AAxXPfDABHfYrCGI4KBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=marianna%20white%20davis&f=false
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4625_20211201.docx
- ↑ https://www.myersmortuarysc.com/obituary/DrMarianna-Davis
- ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Comparative_Analysis_of_Sentences_Writ/V0k8MgAACAAJ?hl=en
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=2johAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1722&dq=marianna+white+davis&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAp-jswJ2AAxWggYQIHb-gDB0Q6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=marianna%20white%20davis&f=false
- ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Contributions_of_black_women_to_America/scB8SgAACAAJ?hl=en
- ↑ https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/davis-marianna-white/
- ↑ https://books.google.co.uz/books?id=vFZcAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/2901395
- ↑ http://newcitycommunitypress.com/books/blackcaucus.html
- ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bowman_Family_of_South_Carolina/4EQgHAAACAAJ?hl=en
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