Call to the Land of Promise by Frederick M. Finney

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dayton, Ohio

NEW BOOK: CALL TO THE LAND OF PROMISE
by Frederick M. Finney
Introduction by Gladys Turner Finney
Challenge Press
Publication Date February 9,2016
Pages 116
ISBN 13978-1523254309
ISBN 10:1523254300
Library of Congress Control Number:
2016932205
Price $10.99
Available through bookstores and amazon.com

Imagine migrating to Dayton, Ohio as an African-American at the turn of the 20th century to the great promise of opportunity beckoning you to the North. Instead you find a "northern city with a southern exposure." De facto segregation is persistent over time. Finney presents a historical view of African-American migration and importance of Dayton as a "factory town." Finney traces early black protests, community and political leaders and ultimately the advent of the Dayton Model Cities Program with empowering the black community to participate in the governmental and economic structures of the larger Dayton community.

In the 1970's Dayton became part of the federal "Model Cities Program," a feature of President Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty." Dayton Model Cities Program was successful in creating a system of citizen participation in the black community of West Dayton to identify and address community needs, Frederick M. Finney served as Program Evaluation Director for the Dayton Model Cities Program. It is through his recollections and insight we encounter a previously untold part of Dayton's history.

Finney died in 2008. His manuscript and notes were organized by Gladys Turner Finney, his wife, under the title, Call to the Land of Promise.


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Book Review Presentation (Public Invited)
March 13, 2016
College Hill Presbyterian Church USA
1547 Philadelphia Drive
12:00-1:15
Panelists:
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Dr. Jana Adams
Rev. Dr. Charles Williams
Gladys Turner Finney

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 March 17-24, 2016-Dayton Weekly News:
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 By Brenda Cochran

March 20, 2016: 3:00 P. M.   Dayton Section National Council Negro Women

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