Southern Black women in the modern civil rights movementedited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Merline Pitre. - first edition. - College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (vii, 236 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contributions of African American women in the modern civil rights movement / Professional and organizational leaders: "A tremendous job to be done": African American women in the Virginia civil rights movement / Making the invisible visible: African American women in the Texas civil rights movement / Black women in the Arkansas civil rights movement / Bridge leaders and foot soldiers in the Deep South: Black women in the Florida civil rights era, 1954-1974 / Black women in Alabama, 1954-1974 / "Call the women": the tradition of African American female activism in Georgia during the civil rights movement / Women in the South Carolina civil rights movement / Black women activists in Mississippi during the civil rights era, 1954-1974 / Black women in the North Carolina civil rights movement / Southern Black women in the Louisiana civil rights era, 1954-1974 / African American women in the Tennessee civil rights movement / Bruce A. Glasrud and Merline Pitre -- Caroline S. Emmons -- Yvonne Davis Frear -- Jeannie M. Whayne -- Maxine D. Jones -- Stefanie Decker -- Clarissa Myrick-Harris -- W. Marvin Dulaney -- Tiyi M. Morris -- Dwonna Naomi Goldstone -- Shannon L. Frystak -- Bobby L. Lovett.



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African American women civil rights workers--History--Southern States--20th century.
African American women civil rights workers--Southern States--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Southern States--Biography.
African American women--Civil rights--History--Southern States--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States.


Electronic Books.

E185 / .S688 2013