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Unceasing Militant : the Life of Mary Church Terrell /

"Born into slavery during the Civil War, Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) would become one of the most prominent activists of her time, with a career bridging the late nineteenth century to the civil rights movement of the 1950s. The first president of the National Association of Colored Women a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction: From Emancipation to Brown
  • 1. The Roots of Activism
  • 2. Love and Partnership
  • 3. Leading the National Association of Colored Women
  • 4. The Black Elite: Finances, Militancy, and Family
  • 5. The Invasion of Jim Crow, 1913-1914
  • 6. Black Feminism: Contesting Stereotypes and Asserting Equality
  • 7. Civil Rights and Partisan Politics, 1890-1932
  • 8. Ruth Hanna McCormick's Senate Campaign
  • 9. Attraction and Politics in the Great Depression: Representative Oscar Stanton DePriest
  • 10. Discrimination and Partisan Politics in New Deal Agencies
  • 11. Remaining Republican during the Rise of the New Deal Democrats
  • 12. Religion: Personal Peace and Social Justice
  • 13. Fighting for Equality: Integration and Anticommunism
  • 14. The Black Freedom Struggle
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y