Forrest M. Stith

Born 1910 Lincoln, NE (USA)

Died 1986

The author, the grandson of an escaped slave who came to Nebraska looking for opportunity, spent his early life in the Sandhills. He served as a US Army chaplain in the South Pacific before returning to Lincoln and to pastor Newman United Methodist Church. In 1955, Stith would become Lincoln Public School's first African American educator.

Places Lived

Lincoln, NE

Author Of

Biography

Education

Jackson High School (University Place), 1928 graduate
BS and MA in Education, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Occupation

Chaplain in the U.S. Army, 1943-48
Pastor
Teacher

Places Worked

U.S. Army, 1943-48
Newman United Methodist Church, 1953-1954
Lincoln Public Schools, 1955-1975

Bibliography

Sunrises and Sunsets for Freedom. 1973.
Orange Morgan's 38,325 Mornings. 1978.

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