John W. I. Lee, "The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert" (Oxford UP, 2022)
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Hist Gilbert's Story
Dearder: I think the first thing is to appreciate the life of a man who lived in a time where he, as a boy, he was discounted. Nobody thought that this little boy deserved an education. In the face of all these obstacles, here is a person who persisted and took him from these very humble beginnings into the pinnacle of american education. And beyond that, you know, he was deeply devoted to his community and to his church. So if you look at hist gilbert as an individual, i hope the lesson, or the story, that i hope readers will get from my book is just to be inspired by someone who faced these terrible challenges,. yet none the
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