Our minds on freedom: women and the struggle for Black equality in Louisiana, 1924-1967
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Main Author: Frystak, Shannon L., (Shannon Lee) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press ©2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE; INTRODUCTION; 1. MAY THE DAY HASTEN: Louisiana Women and Early Struggles for Racial Justice; 2. SUBVERSIVE WOMEN: Interracial Alliances; 3. "HARDLY THE SOUTHERN LADY": Boycotts and the Vote; 4. LITTLE ROCK COMES TO NEW ORLEANS: Louisiana's School Desegregation Crisis, 1959-1962; 5. THE SIT- INS; 6. THE FREEDOM RIDES AND THE END OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY IN NEW ORLEANS; 7. WOMEN IN THE FIELD I: The Voter Education Project in Rural Louisiana, 1962-1964; 8. WOMEN IN THE FIELD II: Armed Resistance and the Pursuit of Local Leadership,1965-1967
Traditionally, literature on the civil rights movement has highlighted the leadership of ministerial men and young black revolutionaries like the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and Malcolm X. Though recent studies have begun to explore female participation in the struggle for racial justice, women have generally been relegated to the margins of civil rights history. In Our Minds on Freedom, Shannon Frystak explores the organizational and leadership roles female civil rights activists in Louisiana assumed from the 1920s to the 1960s, highlighting a diverse group of courag
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 261 pages)
ISBN:080713662X
9780807136621

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