Cargando…
Sisters in the Struggle : African-American Women in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements.
Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their indvidiual stories were rarely heard. Only recently have historians begun to recognize the central role women played in the battle for racial equality. In Sisters in the Struggle, we hear about the unsung heroes of the civil rights...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
NYU Press,
2001.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their indvidiual stories were rarely heard. Only recently have historians begun to recognize the central role women played in the battle for racial equality. In Sisters in the Struggle, we hear about the unsung heroes of the civil rights movements such as Ella Baker, who helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper who took on segregation in the Democratic party (and won), and Septima Clark, who created a network of ""Citizenship Schools"" to teach poor Black men and women. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (376 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780814790380 0814790380 |