Sisters in the struggle : African American women in the civil rights-black power movement / edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V.P. Franklin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collier-Thomas, Bettye.

Franklin, V. P. (Vincent P.), 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African American women civil rights workers.

African American women civil rights workers--Biography.

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

African American women political activists.

African American women political activists--Biography.

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

African Americans.

Black power--United States--History--20th century.

Black power.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African American leadership--History--20th century.

African American leadership.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tells the stories and documents the contributions of African American women involved in the struggle for racial and gender equality through the civil rights and black power movements in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction: In the whip of the whirlwind : African American women in the civil rights-Black power movement

Part I: Laying the groundwork : African American women and civil rights before 1950: "Closed doors" : Mary McLeod Bethune on civil rights / Mary McLeod Bethune ; introduction by Elaine M. Smith

For the race in general and Black women in particular : the civil rights activities of African American women's organizations, 1915-50 / V.P. Franklin and Bettye Collier-Thomas

Behind-the-scenes view of a behind-the-scenes organizer : the roots of Ella Baker's political passions / Barbara Ransby

Part II: Personal narratives: "Tired of giving in" : the launching of the Montgomery bus boycott / Rosa Parks

"Heirs to a legacy of struggle" : Charlayne Hunter integrates the University of Georgia / Charlayne Hunter Gault

"We wanted the voice of a woman to be heard" : Black women and the 1963 march on Washington / Dorothy I. Height

Part III: Women, leadership, and civil rights: "We seek to know ... in order to speak the truth" : nurturing the seeds of discontent : Septima P. Clark and participatory leadership / Jacqueline A. Rouse

African American women in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party / Vicki Crawford

Anger, memory, and personal power : Fannie Lou Hamer and civil rights leadership / Chana Kai Lee

Part IV: From civil rights to Black power : African American women and Nationalism: "Chronicle of a death foretold" : Gloria Richardson, the Cambridge movement, and the radical Black activist tradition / Sharon Harley

Black women and Black power : the case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee / Cynthia Griggs Fleming

"Ironies of the Saint" : Malcolm X, Black women, and the price of protection / Farah Jasmine Griffin

"No one ever asks what a man's role in the revolution is" : gender politics and leadership in the Black Panther Party, 1966-71 / Tracye A. Matthews

Part V: Law, feminism, and politics: "Joanne is you and Joanne is me" : a consideration of African American women and the "Free Joan Little" movement, 1974-75 / Genna Rae McNeil

From the Kennedy Commission to the Combahee Collective : Black feminist organizing, 1960-80 / Duchess Harris

The civil rights-Black power legacy : Black women elected officials at the local, state, and national levels / Linda Faye Williams.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-341) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780814790380

0814790380

9780585434681

0585434689

OCLC:

913695311