| Description |
xii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index. |
| Contents |
"Closed doors" : Mary McLeod Bethune on civil rights / Mary McLeod Bethune -- For the race in general and black women in particular : the civil rights activities of African American women's organizations, 1915-50 / V.P. Franklin and Bettye Collier-Thomas -- Behind-the-scenes view of a behind-the-scenes organizer : the roots of Ella Baker's political passions / Barbara Ransby -- "Tired of giving in" : the launching of the Montgomery bus boycott / Rosa Parks -- "Heirs to a legacy of struggle" : Charlayne Hunter integrates the University of Georgia / Charlayne Hunter Gault -- "We wanted the voice of a woman to be heard" : black women and the 1963 march on Washington / Dorothy I. Height -- "We seek to know ... in order to speak the truth" : nurturing the seeds of discontent : Septima P. Clark and participatory leadership / Jacqueline A. Rouse -- African American women in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party / Vicki Crawford -- Anger, memory, and personal power : Fannie Lou Hamer and civil rights leadership / Chana Kai Lee -- "Chronicle of a death foretold" : Gloria Richardson, the Cambridge movement, and the radical black activist tradition / Sharon Harley -- Black women and black power : the case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee / Cynthia Griggs Fleming -- "Ironies of the Saint" : Malcolm X, black women, and the price of protection / Farah Jasmine Griffin -- "No one ever asks what a man's role in the revolution is" : gender politics and leadership in the Black Panther Party, 1966-71 / Tracye A. Matthews -- "Joanne is you and Joanne is me" : a consideration of African American women and the "Free Joan Little" movement, 1974-75 / Genna Rae McNeil -- From the Kennedy Commission to the Combahee Collective : black feminist organizing, 1960-80 / Duchess Harris -- The civil rights-black power legacy : black women elected officials at the local, state, and national levels / Linda Faye Williams. |
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African American women civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century.
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African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African American women political activists -- History -- 20th century.
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African American women political activists -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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African American leadership -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| Added Author |
Collier-Thomas, Bettye.
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Franklin, V. P. (Vincent P.), 1947-
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| ISBN |
0814716024 (acid-free paper) |
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9780814716021 (acid-free paper) |
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0814716032 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780814716038 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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