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Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941–1965 (Blacks in the Diaspora)

Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941–1965 (Blacks in the Diaspora)

by Barbara Woods (Author), Jacqueline Anne Rouse (Author), Vicki L. Crawford (Author)

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    Illustrated 1993

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Synopsis

"[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.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 320
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 22 Oct 1993
ISBN 10: 0253208327
ISBN 13: 9780253208323
Book Overview: Rewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women.

Media Reviews
[Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles... It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight. Julian Bond ... the volume remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement. Manning Marable
Author Bio

VICKI L. CRAWFORD is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Morehouse College. JACQUELINE ANNE ROUSE, Associate Professor at Morehouse College and Assistant Editor of the Journal of Negro History, is the author of Lugenia Burns Hope: Black Southern Reformer. BARBARA WOODS is Chair of the Department of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Hampton University.