ISBN:
9780190248598
Language:
English
Pages:
321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
,
illustrations
,
25 cm
Edition:
First edition
DDC:
323.092
Keywords:
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold
;
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold
;
African American women civil rights workers Biography
;
Civil rights workers Biography
;
African American women civil rights workers Biography
;
Civil rights workers Biography
;
Civil rights movements History 20th century
;
African Americans Civil rights 20th century
;
History
;
African American women civil rights workers
;
Civil rights workers
;
African American women civil rights workers
;
Civil rights workers
;
Civil rights movements
;
African Americans
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold 1899-1990
;
USA
;
Schwarze Frau
;
Bürgerrechtlerin
;
Politikerin
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Prologue: a purposeful life -- A midwestern childhood -- Education: the first measure of independence -- Teaching in the segregated south -- Heading north to spread the word: the YWCA years -- Harlem and Brooklyn in the great depression -- World War II: a time for racial justice -- Fighting for fair employment, fighting for Truman -- "New world citizen": developing a national portfolio, an international consciousness, and an FBI file -- Running for office -- "A burr in the saddle": Anna Arnold Hedgeman, white protestants, and the March on Washington -- The "double handicap of race and sex": African American women and the March on Washington -- The Commission on Religion and Race -- Moving the justice fight north -- Black power, woman power -- Refusing retirement: the Hedgeman Consultant Service -- Epilogue: fighting for heaven, right here on earth
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue: a purposeful lifeA midwestern childhood -- Education: the first measure of independence -- Teaching in the segregated south -- Heading north to spread the word: the YWCA years -- Harlem and Brooklyn in the great depression -- World War II: a time for racial justice -- Fighting for fair employment, fighting for Truman -- "New world citizen": developing a national portfolio, an international consciousness, and an FBI file -- Running for office -- "A burr in the saddle": Anna Arnold Hedgeman, white protestants, and the March on Washington -- The "double handicap of race and sex": African American women and the March on Washington -- The Commission on Religion and Race -- Moving the justice fight north -- Black power, woman power -- Refusing retirement: the Hedgeman Consultant Service -- Epilogue: fighting for heaven, right here on earth.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 28 -300) and index
URL:
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