


She authored The Church and Reparations - An African American Perspective, which was distributed at the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance, where she also served as a delegate. In 1979, while still teaching, Carruthers founded Nexus Unlimited, an information and educational technology firm, and served as the company's president.Ĭarruthers has also become well known for using her ministry as a vehicle for addressing social issues, particularly those involving people of African descent both here and abroad. in sociology in 1972.Īfter finishing graduate school, Carruthers became a professor of sociology at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. After completing her undergraduate studies, Carruthers enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, receiving both an M.A. Carruthers attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating in 1967 with B.A. Carruthers was born on April 5, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. Noted educator and social advocate Iva A.
