Women And The Civil Rights Movement 1954 1965

Author : Davis W. Houck
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604737608
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 written by Davis W. Houck and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have long agreed that women—black and white—were instrumental in shaping the civil rights movement. Until recently, though, such claims have not been supported by easily accessed texts of speeches and addresses. With this first-of-its-kind anthology, Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon present thirty-nine full-text addresses by women who spoke out while the struggle was at its most intense. Beginning with the Brown decision in 1954 and extending through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the editors chronicle the unique and important rhetorical contributions made by such well-known activists as Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Daisy Bates, Lillian Smith, Mamie Till-Mobley, Lorraine Hansberry, Dorothy Height, and Rosa Parks. They also include speeches from lesser-known but influential leaders such as Della Sullins, Marie Foster, Johnnie Carr, Jane Schutt, and Barbara Posey. Nearly every speech was discovered in local, regional, or national archives, and many are published or transcribed from audiotape here for the first time. Houck and Dixon introduce each speaker and occasion with a headnote highlighting key biographical and background details. The editors also provide a general introduction that places these public addresses in context. Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 gives voice to stalwarts whose passionate orations were vital to every phase of a movement that changed America.

Author : Davis W. Houck
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604731071
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 written by Davis W. Houck and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents thirty-nine full-text addresses by women who spoke out while the struggle for civil rights was at its most intense. Many are published or transcribed from audio tape for the first time. Each speech is preceded by an introduction of the speaker and occasion that highlights key biographical and background details. The collection also provides a general introduction that places these public addresses in context.

Author : Davis W. Houck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781617030505
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 written by Davis W. Houck and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents thirty-nine full-text addresses by women who spoke out while the struggle for civil rights was at its most intense. Many are published or transcribed from audio tape for the first time. Each speech is preceded by an introduction of the speaker and occasion that highlights key biographical and background details. The collection also provides a general introduction that places these public addresses in context.

Author : Vicki L. Crawford
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253208323
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Women in the Civil Rights Movement written by Vicki L. Crawford and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-10-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 16th volume in a series published by Carlson Publishing Inc., PO Box 023350, Brooklyn, NY 11202-0067. Seventeen papers presented at the conference on [title] held in Atlanta, Georgia, October 1988 focus on contributions of African-American women during the civil rights movement as activists, journalists, students, entertainers, and attorneys. The studies bring forth important, yet little known, individual and collective efforts that demonstrate the extent of women's leadership in the movement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Bettye Collier-Thomas
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805047697
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book My Soul Is a Witness written by Bettye Collier-Thomas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-01-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the American civil rights movement and discusses the issues of the times

Author : Bettye Collier-Thomas
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814716024
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Sisters in the Struggle written by Bettye Collier-Thomas and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Juan Williams
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110163930X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Eyes on the Prize written by Juan Williams and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eyes on the Prize traces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954 to the march on Selma and the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. This is a companion volume to the first part of the acclaimed PBS series.

Author : Peter J. Ling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135669066
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Gender in the Civil Rights Movement written by Peter J. Ling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a new anthology of essays, an international group of scholars examines the powerful interaction between gender and race within the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy.

Author : Leslie G. Kelen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496801601
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book This Light of Ours written by Leslie G. Kelen and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2023-08-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement is a paradigm-shifting publication that presents the Civil Rights Movement through the work of nine photographers who participated in the movement as activists with SNCC, SCLC, and CORE. Unlike images produced by photojournalists, who covered breaking news events, these photographers lived within the movement—primarily within the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) framework—and documented its activities by focusing on the student activists and local people who together made it happen. The core of the book is a selection of 150 black-and-white photographs, representing the work of photographers Bob Adelman, George Ballis, Bob Fitch, Bob Fletcher, Matt Herron, David Prince, Herbert Randall, Maria Varela, and Tamio Wakayama. Images are grouped around four movement themes and convey SNCC's organizing strategies, resolve in the face of violence, impact on local and national politics, and influence on the nation's consciousness. The photographs and texts of This Light of Ours remind us that the movement was a battleground, that the battle was successfully fought by thousands of “ordinary” Americans among whom were the nation's courageous youth, and that the movement's moral vision and impact continue to shape our lives.

Author : Linda Barrett Osborne
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780764935480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Women of the Civil Rights Movement written by Linda Barrett Osborne and published by Pomegranate Communications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women were involved in every aspect of America's civil rights movement. Their stories are characterized by perseverance, tenacity, and great courage in the face of hostility and personal danger. Women Who Dare: Women of the Civil Rights Movement honors the contributions of many great women activists who may not have been in the most visible positions of the movement's leadership, but whose work was crucial to its survival, growth, and eventual success. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, inspiring mass action against segregation; Jo Ann Gibson Robinson started the boycott of Montgomery's buses by blanketing the city with flyers the morning after Parks' arrest; Ella Baker was the first person to run the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and to bring together the students who formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Daisy Bates kept the Little Rock Nine in Central High School; Diane Nash rallied the Freedom Riders when racist violence threatened to stop them in their tracks. These and many more daring women are discussed in the context of the key events of this violent and tumultuous period. Their stories are accompanied by dozens of historical photographs.