Title Women and the civil rights movement, 1954-1965 / edited by Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon.

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Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	323.1196 W872W	Check Shelf

Description	xxvii, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Mary McLeod Bethune -- Sarah Patton Boyle -- Mamie Till Bradley -- Daisy S. Lampkin -- Rosa Parks -- Agnes E. Meyer -- Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin -- Frances H. Williams -- Edith S. Sampson -- Johnnie Carr -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Dorothy Tilly -- Della D. Sullins -- Barbara Posey -- Priscilla Stephens -- Casey Hayden -- Modjeska M. Simkins -- Charlotta Bass -- Diane Nash -- Lillian Smith -- Katie Louchheim -- Anne Braden -- Marion King -- Margaret C. McCulloch -- Jane Schutt -- Dorothy Height -- Marie Foster -- Pauli Murray -- Myrlie Evers -- Ella Baker -- Victoria Gray -- Elizabeth Gray -- Elizabeth Allen -- Rita L. Schwerner -- Ruth Steiner -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Annie Devine -- Dorothy Cottton -- Martha Ragland -- Constance Baker Motley.
Summary	Presents thirty-nine full-text addresses by women who spoke out while the struggle for civil rights was at its most intense. Many are published or transcribed from audio tape for the first time. Each speech is preceded by an introduction of the speaker and occasion that highlights key biographical and background details. The collection also provides a general introduction that places these public addresses in context.
Subject	Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
	Women civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
	African American women civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
	Women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
	African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
	Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
	United States -- Race relations -- Sources.
	African American women civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799481
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
	Women civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst01177410
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Frau.
	Bürgerrechtsbewegung.
	United States.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Added Author	Houck, Davis W.
	Dixon, David E.
ISBN	9781604731071 (cloth ;) (alk. paper)
	1604731079 (cloth ;) (alk. paper)

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