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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153132303321

Titolo

Hands on the freedom plow : personal accounts by women in SNCC / / edited by Faith S. Holsaert [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urabana, Chicago, Springfield, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-252-09887-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

HolsaertFaith S

Disciplina

305.43323092

Soggetti

African American women political activists

African American women civil rights workers

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - Southern States - History - 20th century

United States Race relations History 20th century

Southern States Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Fighting for my rights : one SNCC woman's experience, 1961-1964 -- pt. 2. Entering troubled waters : sit-ins, the founding of SNCC, and the freedom rides, 1960-1963 -- pt. 3. Movement leaning posts : the heart and soul of the southwest Georgia movement, 1961-1963 -- pt. 4. Standing tall : the southwest Georgia movement, 1962-1963 -- pt. 5. Get on board : the Mississippi movement through the Atlantic City challenge, 1961-1964 -- pt. 6. Cambridge, Maryland : the movement under attack, 1961-1964 -- pt. 7. A sense of family : the National SNCC Office, 1960-1964 -- pt. 8. Fighting another day : the Mississippi movement after Atlantic City, 1964-1966 -- pt. 9. The constant struggle : the Alabama movement, 1963-1966 -- Black power : issues of continuity, change, and personal identity, 1964-1969.