Journey of a Bold Black American Woman

About the Book

This journey is the life of an ordinary, everyday, person that made a difference in an extraordinary way in the home, the church, the community and in the USA. Her journey is an examination of the challenges faced as a minority in attempting to overcome racism and prejudice in a hostile society. She tested the Civil Rights Act, and marched several times with Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. The struggles faced in order to participate to make a positive contribution. The price paid for insisting upon living free in such an existence; and suggestion for paying the debt in full. Her journey includes fifty years after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. Her life’s experience also touched on elderly abuse.

About the Author

Gloria Willis was born in the Deep South and spent her childhood there. After finishing Business College in New Orleans, La., at the age of eighteen she moved to Washington, D. C. She immediately began work as a federal employee and after over thirty-one years of service she retired as a federal auditor. Dr. Willis continued her education and received a BS degree in Business Administration from Federal City College, Washington, D.C.; MA degree in Psychology from the University of the District of Columbia; Ph.D. degree from Sierra University, Costa Mesa, CA. She resides in Lompoc, CA.