From the toils of Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan emerges a twenty-first-century leader, Stacey Abrams. This Element explores the strategic organizing acumen of Fannie Lou Hamer in Mississippi and across the South, and the rise of Barbara Jordan, the second Black woman elected to the House of Re...

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Main Author:	Greer, Christina M. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:	Cambridge elements
Subjects:	Abrams, Stacey Hamer, Fannie Lou Jordan, Barbara / 1936-1996 African American women politicians / Georgia / Biography Politicians / Georgia / Biography African American legislators / Georgia / Biography African American women civil rights workers / Mississippi / Biography African American legislators / Texas / Biography
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	From the toils of Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan emerges a twenty-first-century leader, Stacey Abrams. This Element explores the strategic organizing acumen of Fannie Lou Hamer in Mississippi and across the South, and the rise of Barbara Jordan, the second Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman from the US South to head to Congress. The leadership skills and collective political efforts of these two women paved the way for the emergence of Stacey Abrams, candidate for governor of Georgia in 2018 and 2022, and organizer of an electoral movement that helped deliver the 2020 presidential victory and US Senate majority to the Democratic Party. This Element adds to the existing literature by framing Black women as integral to the expansion of new voters into the Democratic Party, American democracy, and to the political development of Black people in the US South
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Nov 2024)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (82 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009030311
DOI:	10.1017/9781009030311