Freddie C. Colston edited, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Speaks: Representative Speeches of a Great American Orator (2002); and he has published essays in professional journals. He received his B.A. in political science in 1959 from Morehouse College; M.A. from Atlanta University in 1966 and the Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1972. He has taught at several colleges and universities. In addition to his university teaching, Professor Colston served for seven and one-half years as an associate director at the Executive Seminar Center, U. S. Office of Personnel Management in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He is currently a retired political science professor.