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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Holsaert, Faith S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Fighting for my rights : one SNCC woman's experience, 1961-1964
  • pt. 2. Entering troubled waters : sit-ins, the founding of SNCC, and the freedom rides, 1960-1963
  • pt. 3. Movement leaning posts : the heart and soul of the southwest Georgia movement, 1961-1963
  • pt. 4. Standing tall : the southwest Georgia movement, 1962-1963
  • pt. 5. Get on board : the Mississippi movement through the Atlantic City challenge, 1961-1964
  • pt. 6. Cambridge, Maryland : the movement under attack, 1961-1964
  • pt. 7. A sense of family : the National SNCC Office, 1960-1964
  • pt. 8. Fighting another day : the Mississippi movement after Atlantic City, 1964-1966
  • pt. 9. The constant struggle : the Alabama movement, 1963-1966
  • Black power : issues of continuity, change, and personal identity, 1964-1969.

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