Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi /

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"Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders, who were unjustly arrested and tortured in the M...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morris, Tiyi Makeda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Womanpower Unlimited.
Womanpower Unlimited > History.
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American women > Social conditions.
African American women political activists.
African American women civil rights workers.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noires americaines > Mississippi > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Defenseuses des droits de l'homme noires americaines > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes activistes noires americaines > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American women > Mississippi > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American women civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American women political activists > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:"Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders, who were unjustly arrested and tortured in the Mississippi jails. Womanpower Unlimited expanded its activism to include programs such as voter registration drives, youth education, and participation in Women Strike for Peace. Womanpower Unlimited proved to be significant not only with regard to civil rights activism in Mississippi, but also as a spearhead movement for revitalizing Black women's social and political activism in the state. This study contributes to our understanding of how the civil rights movement was sustained in Mississippi through grassroots activism, and also foregrounds women's activism as an integral component of this leadership. In this process, Morris engages contemporary theoretical questions about leadership, support work, and gendered activism within the movement while demonstrating a broad human rights agenda"--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9780820347936

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