Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Download or read book Women in the Civil Rights Movement written by Vicki L. Crawford and published by Carlson Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " [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.