Fisk University News September 2014 Rev. Dr. Carolyn Maull McKinstry '69 is Jubilee Day Speaker Carolyn Maull McKinstry, Class of 1969, is this year's Jubilee Day speaker. The annual event is October 6, 2014, at 10:00 am, in the Fisk Memorial Chapel. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Carolyn was educated in the public schools of Birmingham and earned her undergraduate degree at Fisk University. She received a Master of Divinity Degree from Samford University's Beeson Divinity School and a Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Samford University. She is presently completing her Doctorate of Ministry degree at New York Theological Seminary. Carolyn serves as an associate minister at Trinity Baptist Church. She has held management positions with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, Accenture Consulting and is a retiree of BellSouth Telecommunications. Carolyn was present on September 15, 1963, at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, when white racists bombed the church. Carolyn's four young friends were killed. She was among thousands of students hosed by firemen during the 1963 marches and survived a second bomb explosion that destroyed a portion of her home in 1964. Carolyn believes that God spared her life on September 15, 1963, so that she could continue to live in service to others. Carolyn has shared her experiences with the media, major television and radio channels. She has travelled nationally and internationally to places that include Rome, Spain and India. Carolyn was also a subpoenaed witness in the 2002 trial year of Bob Cherry, who was one of three men subsequently convicted of the 1963 church bombing. Carolyn is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and also received the Septima Poinsette Clark Award for Service. She received the Rev. Vernon Dougherty Award from New York Theological Seminary (Eleanor Moody Shepherd Resource Center for Women). Carolyn is also a recipient of the Rebecca Wood Service Award in recognition of outstanding service to the Breast Cancer Community and the New Light Support Group. Carolyn recently authored a book (memoir), While the World Watched, which is available through Tyndale Publishers. The book details her life growing up in Birmingham, as well as "lessons learned" from her experiences and involvement in the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement of the sixties. The book serves as a tool for Carolyn's ongoing national and international travel and work in the Ministry of Reconciliation and Forgiveness. The book was selected for the National Common Core Curriculum and has won several awards including the Alabama Library Award. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!