Many strides to freedom : African American women's unsung contributions and legacies / Janelle Carter-Robinson, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter-Robinson, Janelle Renee

Contributor:

Carter-Robinson, Janelle, editor.

Series:

African American women (Series)

African American women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--History.

African American women.

African American women--Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

African American women have been integral to the various fights for equality throughout American history. Their importance to the movement occurred long before lifelong activist Rosa Parks became the catalyst in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Who are the countless and often nameless black women who risked their lives and worked tirelessly to fight for the equality of black people in this country? From slavery to the modern day civil rights movement, the contributions of African American women are often overlooked in the retelling of history, but their contributions were critical in the battle for racial equality. They were grassroots organizers, strategists, and educators. Due to their selflessness and kindness, these black women became heroines of the movement. This book seeks to unearth the contributions of African American women throughout various periods of American history.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Surviving in bondage: the enslaved African American woman's experience / Jetaun Bailey

Chapter 2. African American women in the abolition movement: the fight for freedom / Travis Robinson

Chapter 3. Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Mary Church Terrell: foremothers of scholarship, social justice activism and black women's empowerment / Anthony B. Mithcell

Chapter 4. Mamie Phipps Clark: the forgotten pioneer / Karen Ethridge

Chapter 5. Her voice will make a mighty roar: African American women student led activism during the Civil Rights Movement / Janelle Renee Carter-Robinson

Chapter 6. A clarion call: heroines of the Freedom Rides Movement / Tonya Davis and Katherine Whitaker

Chapter 7. Sick and tired of being sick and tired: black Mississippians fight for the right to vote and the summer of freedom / Jaida D. Carter

Chapter 8. African American women's clubs: perseverance, resistance, and declination / Jalonta Y. Jackson and Norissa Williams.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-5056-8