Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2005 "I Cried Out and None but Jesus Heard!" prophetic pedagogy: the spirituality and religious lives of three nineteenth century African-American women Elecia Brown Lathon Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Lathon, Elecia Brown, ""I Cried Out and None but Jesus Heard!" prophetic pedagogy: the spirituality and religious lives of three nineteenth century African-American women" (2005). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3120. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3120 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. “I CRIED OUT AND NONE BUT JESUS HEARD!” PROPHETIC PEDAGOGY THE SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUS LIVES OF THREE NINETEENTH CENTURY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Curriculum and Instruction By Elecia Brown Lathon B.S., Southern University, 1993 M.Ed., Louisiana State University, 1996 Ed.S., Louisiana State University, 2002 December 2005 ©Copyright 2005 Elecia Brown Lathon All Rights Reserved ii For my mother Laverne S. Brown, my inspiration, my friend and my first teacher iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS All that I am and all that I ever hope to be I owe it all to thee.