| Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941 1965 Contributor(s): Crawford, Vicki L. (Editor), Rouse, Jacqueline Anne (Editor), Woods, Barbara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253208327 ISBN-13: 9780253208323 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $23.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: " [Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles, and places them in front, behind, and in the middle of the Southern movement that re-made America.... It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight." -- Julian Bond ..". remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement." -- Manning Marable Rewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 93002727 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: [Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles, and places them in front, behind, and in the middle of the Southern movement that re-made America. . . . It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight. --Julian Bond . . . remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement. --Manning Marable Rewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women. |