ISBN:
9780820347301
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
Series Statement:
Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South
Parallel Title:
Print version Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi : Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi
DDC:
305.48
Keywords:
Womanpower Unlimited -- History
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African American women political activists -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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African American women civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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African American women -- Mississippi -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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African American women ; Mississippi ; Social conditions ; 20th century
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African American women civil rights workers ; Mississippi ; History ; 20th century
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African American women political activists ; Mississippi ; History ; 20th century
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African Americans ; Civil rights ; Mississippi ; History ; 20th century
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Civil rights movements ; Mississippi ; History ; 20th century
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Mississippi ; Race relations ; History ; 20th century
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Womanpower Unlimited ; History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction. "Women Are the Humanizers of the Struggle": Black Women's Legacy of Activism; One. "It Was Just Women Who Dared to Dream": The Emergence of Womanpower Unlimited; Two. "You Could Just See Things Being Accomplished": The Women Who Built the Movement; Three. "'Cause I Love My People": Sustaining the People and the Movement; Four. "We Who Believe in Freedom": Interracial Cooperation and Peace Activism; Five. "Welcome, Ladies, to Magnolialand": Womanpower and Wednesdays Women
Description / Table of Contents:
Six. "When There Was a Need": Ministering to the PeopleConclusion. Women's Power Transformed: Joining Forces with the National Council of Negro Women; Epilogue. "This Woman's Work": Activism in the Post- Civil Rights Years; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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