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Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941–1965

Barbara Woods editor Vicki L Crawford editor Jacqueline Anne Rouse editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Published:22nd Oct '93

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"[Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles, and places them in front, behind, and in the middle of the Southern movement that re-made America. . . . It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight." —Julian Bond

" . . . remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement." —Manning Marable

Rewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women.

"[Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles... It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight." Julian Bond " ... the volume remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement." Manning Marable

ISBN: 9780253208323

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

320 pages