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The First Forty-Eight: Perseverance, Faith, and the Making of a Legacy

The First Forty-Eight: Perseverance, Faith, and the Making of a Legacy

Greer, Lanetta N.

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Biographies GeneralBlack American StudiesPregnancy & Adoption

ISBN10: 1665795034
ISBN13: 9781665795036
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Published: May 27 2026
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The First Forty-Eight: Perseverance, Faith, and the Making of a Legacy traces Dr. Lanetta N. Greer's journey from her family home in Milwaukee's Sherman Park to lecture halls, courtrooms, and the founding of Home 4 the Heart, a group home for girls in foster care. Born and raised in a neighborhood marked by both community and violence, Greer learns early to read systems, sirens, and silence. Across these first forty-eight years, she becomes a social worker, professor, researcher, and nonprofit founder, pursuing a PhD focused on young women who age out of out-of-home care even as she is building a refuge for them on the very block that raised her. Part memoir, part field report from the front lines of foster care, The First Forty-Eight speaks to tired caregivers, overextended leaders, and anyone who has tried to turn personal grief into public good. It is a testimony to what God can do with broken places, stubborn faith, and a girl who refuses to stop showing up.

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