Rosetta E. Ross teaches religious studies at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research and writing explore the role of religion in black women’s activism, and focuses particularly on the Civil Rights Movement. She is author of Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion, and Civil Rights which examines religion as a source that helped engender and sustain activities of seven black women civil rights leaders.  In addition to this text, Dr. Ross has written many articles examining religion in black women’s activism.