ISBN:
9780820347301
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9780820347936 (Sekundärausgabe)
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
264 p.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780820347936
Ausgabe:
[Online-Ausg.]
Serie:
Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South
DDC:
305.48
Schlagwort(e):
Geschichte 1961-2011
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Schwarze Frau
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Bürgerrechtsbewegung
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Staat Mississippi
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Online-Publikation
Kurzfassung:
In Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi , Tiyi M. Morris provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders who were unjustly arrested and then tortured in Mississippi jails. Womanpower Unlimited expanded its activism to include programs such as voter registration drives, youth education, and participation in Women Strike for Peace. Womanpower Unlimited proved to be not only a s...
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