WONDERFUL ETHIOPIANS OF THE ANCIENT CUSHITE EMPIRE

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. She is an author, educator, social historian and community activist. She is also the co-founder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc.. She is also co-author of four volumes entitled, Uncrowned Queens: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York and of Oklahoma.
With the same tireless commitment, almost missionary zeal that her subject, Drusilla Dunjee Houston employed to document the origins and historical significance of ancient african civilizations, Brooks-Bertram has committed herself to the reclamation of the life and work of this extraordinary woman. Barbara Seals Nevergold, Ph.D., Co-founder, Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women,Inc. Dr. Brooks-Bertram has now placed Houstons work in the bright light that it deserves. It is a tragedy that the better part of a century has passed with the world deprived of her [Dunjee Houston] great gifts of writing and her model of a visionary and fearless life of a warrior on behalf of African people, and indeed humanity itself. Asa G. Hilliard, III, Fuller J. Calloway Professor, Georgia State University Although lost for over seventy years before its rediscovery and publication by Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram, a careful read through of Origin of Civilization from the Cushites reveals that Dunjee Houstons ingenious critique of Eurocentrism and patriarchal domination remains as pointedly relevant today as when it was first penned. John Mark Rhea, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of Oklahoma Peggy Brooks-Bertram has given us all a gift. She has resurrected the life and work of Drusilla Dunjee Houston, a remarkable and brilliant writer, journalist, and historian during a time when few women of any race or ethnicity could claim such success. Brooks-Bertrams passionate research has uncovered Dungees notable life story as a race woman, restoring Dungees voice, long lost through years of neglect fostered by both racism and sexism. Dungees many contributions to the educational, political, and social landscape of early 20th century are now revealed in Brooks-Bertrams captivating introduction, a fascinating lead-in to Dungees enduring and seminal research on ancient African civilization in Origin of Civilization from the Cushites. This book is a must for any reader interested in African, African American, and womens history pure joy! Kate Clifford Larson, Ph.D. Dept. of History Simmons College Author, Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero A major contribution to women studies and African studies, while re-assessing American political history Dunjee-Houston can now be recognized as one of the unheralded architects of the field of African World studies and research Obadele Williams, Africana Research Specialist/Curriculum Specialist The Dungee/Dunjee/Dungey/Dungy/Dungie/Dunjy family thanks Peggy for telling a story that must be told and bringing recognition to this wonderful woman! Veronica Dungee Abrams

Book II Origin of Civilization from the Cushites

WONDERFUL ETHIOPIANS
OF THE ANCIENT CUSHITE EMPIRE

Book II Origin of Civilization from the Cushites

WRITTEN BY DRUSILLa DUNJEE HOUSTON EDITED BY PEGGY BROOKS-BERTRaM, DR PH, PHd