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Lighting the fires of freedom : African American women in the Civil Rights Movement

Bell, Janet Dewart2020
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During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women were generally not in the headlines; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the movement, they remain mostly invisible to the larger public. Beyond Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Dorothy Height, most Americans, black and white alike, would be hard-pressed to name other leaders at the community, local, and national levels. Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women's all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : The New Press, 2020.
Collation:
224 pages ; illustrations (black and white), portraits ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781620975589 (hbk)
Dewey class:
323.11960730082
Local class:
HI.3.02/BEL
Language:
English
BRN:
2954142
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