BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Dr. Eva B. Dykes was born in Washington, D. C. She
received a B. A: summa cum laude from Howard University
and a B. A. magna cum laude, M. A. and Ph.D. from Radcliffe
College.
As a dynamic educator, Dr. Dykes has contributed to
the field of education by teaching at Walden University, Dunbar
High School, Howard University, Oakwood College, and A. and
M. College.
Articles written by Dr. Dykes have been published in
the Message Magazine, Youth's Instructor, Negro History Bul-
Jetin, and the Jouraal of Negro History. She is the author of
The Negro In English Romantic Thought, co-editor of Reading
for Negro Schools and Colleges, and helped to prepare a Manual
for a Beginning Teacher of Linguistics in a Secondary School.
and a Manual of English.
Active in church leadership, Dr. Dykes has served the
Ephesus Church in Washington, D.C. and the Oakwood College
church in Huntsville, Alabama. At Oakwood she was a cedi-
cated choir director, home missionary leader. and assistant ay
activities leader. She has been choir director for three regional
gS. D. A. conferences. In the community, she has been active as
a lecturer, speaker, and consultant.
Professional, honorary, and learned societies that Dr.
Dykes holds membership in are Phi Beta Kappa, the Naticnal
Council of Teachers of English, National Teachers Association,
and the Modern Language Association.
Various awards and honors have been bestowed upon
Dr. Dykes for her scholarship and distinguished teaching ability
and achievement. As a gracious and noble woman of cu.iure,
she has inspired many throughout her years of unselfish service.
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