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Strategic sisterhood : the National Council of Negro Women in the Black freedom struggle / Rebecca Tuuri.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tuuri, Rebecca, author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black power--United States--History--20th century.
- Black power.
- African American women--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African American women.
- African American women--Societies and clubs--History--20th century.
- National Council of Negro Women--History--20th century.
- National Council of Negro Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Offering a sweeping view of the National Council of Negro Women's (NCNW) behind-the-scenes efforts to fight racism, poverty, and sexism in the late twentieth century, Rebecca Tuuri examines how the group teamed with US presidents, foundations, and grassroots activists alike to implement a number of important domestic development and international aid projects.
- Contents:
- Maneuvering for the movement : the world of broken politics in the NCNW, 1935-1963
- Creating a ministry of presence : setting up an interracial civil rights organization, 1963-1964
- High heels on the ground : the power of personal witness, 1964
- We have, happily, gone beyond the chit chat over tea cups stage : moving beyond dialogue, 1965-1966
- You know about what it's like to need a good house : the changing face of the expert, 1966-1970
- But if you have a pig in your backyard nobody can push you around : black self-help and community survival, 1967-1975
- The power of four million women : growing the Council, 1967-1980
- Mississippi has been the taillight and now they're the headlight : the Council's international work, 1975-1985.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908489-2-5
- 979-88-908489-3-2
- 1-4696-3891-6
- 1-4696-3892-4
- OCLC:
- 1031090780
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