Passing the Ancestral Torch: The Life, Times, Struggles, and Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt Spikes

About the Book

This book starts with Theodore Roosevelt Spikes being raised as an African-American male in the Jim Crow south. It looks at the hostility, intimidation and terrorism he faced along with his family and every Africa-American in the apartheid south. As a result of the climate of fear, hatred, lynching, and mob rule, Roosevelt and his family joined other African-Americans in the Great Migration to northern cities. He got involved in the Afro-centric cultural renaissance of the 1920s; the New Deal, and community service Pre- and Post World War II as Lodge Secretary of the Prince Hall Masons. The book also looks at the history of the Prince Hall Masons as the conveyors of off-world African civilizations, innovations, and secrets of the missing link. This secret legacy is passed on through the deeds of their emulating “Star Children” who ascend to “Renaissance Men and Women.”

About the Author

I am currently an Area Coordinator for the National Association of African American Studies, National Association of Native Americans Studies, National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, and International Association of Asian Studies. I served as an Assistant Professor of Education at Lindsey Wilson College, Lincoln University, and Associate Professor of Education at Lock Haven University. Earlier, I taught courses at Pensacola State College for over a decade. My academic credentials include a Doctor of Education, Masters of School Business Administration, Educational Administration and Supervision, and Teaching American History.