Invisible activists : women of the Louisiana NAACP and the struggle for civil rights, 1915-1945 / Lee Sartain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sartain, Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

African American women civil rights workers--Louisiana--History--20th century.

African American women civil rights workers.

African American women political activists--Louisiana--History--20th century.

African American women political activists.

African Americans--Civil rights--Louisiana--History--20th century.

African Americans.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--Louisiana--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Race relations.

History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Louisiana--Race relations--History--20th century.

Louisiana.

Physical Description:

212 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

This new study examines attitudes toward gender, class, and citizenship of African American activists in Louisiana and women's roles in the campaign for civil rights in the state. Sartain argues that it was women acting behind the scenes in Louisiana's branches of the NAACP who were the most crucial factor in the organization's efficiency and survival. Women worked as grass-roots organizers, ran public relations campaigns and membership drives, mobilized youth groups, and promoted community involvement. Sartain demonstrates how women combined their fund-raising skills with an extensive network of community and family ties to fund the NAACP and undertake the day-to-day operations of the local organizations themselves.

Contents:

Introduction

Weapons of the utmost value : NAACP organizational history, 1909-1945

The sympathy of women : Black women's involvement in Louisiana civil rights up to 1920

Destined to bring splendid results : NAACP women's auxiliaries and networks, 1921-1945

God's valiant minority : teachers and civil rights

Leaders who persevere : elected officials

We are but Americans : Miss Georgia M. Johnson

Conclusion.

Notes:

"Winner of the Jules and Frances Landry Award for 2007"--P. [i].

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-204) and index.

ISBN:

0807132217

9780807132210

OCLC:

70836701