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UNINA9910141452703321 |
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Autore |
Sharp Anne Wallace |
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Titolo |
Women civil rights leaders / / Anne Wallace Sharp |
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Detroit : , : Lucent Books, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Collana |
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Lucent Library of Black history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women civil rights workers - United States - History - 20th century |
African American women civil rights workers - History - 20th century |
Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century |
Women civil rights workers - United States |
African American women civil rights workers |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-114) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: unsung heroines -- Ida Wells and the campaign against lynching -- Dorothy Height and the National Council of Negro Women -- Septima Clark and the citizenship schools -- The women of the Montgomery bus boycott -- Daisy Bates and school desegregation -- Ella Baker, the spiritual leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -- Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Places important topics in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story. This volume covers African American women civil rights workers. |
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