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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460960303321

Autore

Christenson Dorothy H. <1938->

Titolo

Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / / Dorothy H. Christenson ; introduction by Mary E. Frederickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens : , : Ohio University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8214-4533-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Disciplina

323.092

B

Soggetti

African American civil rights workers - Ohio - Cincinnati

Women civil rights workers - Ohio - Cincinnati

Civil rights workers - Ohio - Cincinnati

African Americans - Civil rights - Ohio - Cincinnati - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - Ohio - Cincinnati - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Cincinnati (Ohio) Race relations

Cincinnati (Ohio) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. A remarkable family in twentieth-century Gallipolis, Ohio -- The Alexander family -- Education and voting -- School days -- Part II. Becoming a citizen activist -- Cincinnati, another world -- The University of Cincinnati -- A lifetime partner -- Marriage, family, and the YWCA -- Homeownership, new part-time job -- Woman's city club and fellowship house -- Part III. Family life -- New career -- Family values and celebrations -- Family travels; at home and abroad -- Fox Lake -- Personal journeys -- Part IV. Desegregation suits and continuing battles -- Coney Island -- School segregation -- Cincinnati City Council -- Fair housing -- Reproductive rights -- Voting rights -- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.