Wednesdays in Mississippi : Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964 /

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When you think about civil rights activists, do you picture middle-aged, middle-class northern women in white gloves and tidy dresses meeting for coffee with their southern counterparts? This book tells the story of a group of women who did exactly that. As the civil rights movement reached a fevere...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harwell, Debbie Z. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wednesdays in Mississippi (Organization)
Mississippi Freedom Project.
Mississippi Freedom Project > History.
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American women political activists.
African American women civil rights workers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 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 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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Peering behind the cotton curtain
  • A charter of concern for the tumultuous South
  • Plotting their course
  • Into the lion's den
  • Meeting woman-to-woman : the real work for change
  • Beyond Freedom Summer
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix.

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