Hands on the Freedom Plow : Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC /

Fifty-two women - northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina - share their courageous personal stories of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. The testimonies cover early sit-ins, voter...

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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Holsaert, Faith S.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) > Biography.
Medborgarrättsrörelser > Förenta staterna.
Afro-amerikanska kvinnor > politisk verksamhet.
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American women political activists.
African American women civil rights workers.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes activistes noires americaines > Biographies.
Defenseuses des droits de l'homme noires americaines > Biographies.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African American women political activists > Biography.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
African American non-fiction.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Fifty-two women - northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina - share their courageous personal stories of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. The testimonies cover early sit-ins, voter registration campaigns, and Freedom Rides; the 1963 March on Washington, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the Movements in Alabama and Maryland; Black Power and anti-war activism. --publisher's description.
Description:Includes index.
Description matérielle:1 online resource: illustrations ;
ISBN:9780252098871

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