Black Women's Christian Activism : Seeking Social Justice in a Northern Suburb /

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2017 Wilbur Non-Fiction Award RecipientWinner of the 2018 Author's Award in scholarly non0fiction, presented by the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance In Black Women's Christian Activism, Betty Livingston Adams examines the oft overlooked role of non-elite black women in the growth of no...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Betty Livingston (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2016]
Temas:
African American women civil rights workers > New Jersey > Summit > History > 20th century.
African American women in church work > New Jersey > Summit.
African American women > Religious life > New Jersey > Summit.
Church and social problems > New Jersey > Summit.
RELIGION / Christian Life / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. "Please Allow Me Space": Race and Faith in the Suburbs
  • 2. "A Great Work for God and Humanity": African American Christian Women and Organized Social Reform
  • 3. "The Home Away from Home": Suffrage, War, and Civic Righteousness
  • 4. "Unholy and Unchristian Attitude": Interracial Dialogue in Segregated Spaces, 1920-1937
  • 5. "Putting Real American Ideals in American Life": Church Women and Electoral Politics
  • 6. "Carthage Must Be Destroyed": Health, Housing, and the New Deal
  • Conclusion: "You Just as Well Die with the Ague as with the Fever"
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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