LEADER 04082nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910455210003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-48478-8 010 $a9786612484780 010 $a1-60473-351-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000816890 035 $a(EBL)515622 035 $a(OCoLC)468780600 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000344706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273698 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10315583 035 $a(PQKB)11032779 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515622 035 $a(OCoLC)864853079 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13687 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515622 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10340758 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248598 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816890 100 $a20081017d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aYou must be from the North$b[electronic resource] $eSouthern white women in the Memphis civil rights movement /$fKimberly K. Little 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60473-228-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-213) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: TRASHING JIM CROW: The Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968; Chapter 1 "YOU MUST BE FROM THE NORTH." "YES, NORTH MISSISSIPPI": Women and Direct Action Protests, 1955-1964; Chapter 2 "ALL ARE WORTHY": "Woman's Work" as a Catalyst for Civil Rights Reform; Chapter 3 "THE MESSAGE CAME ON A BEAM OF LIGHT": Women in Religious Groups; Chapter 4 RAISING A GENERATION THAT DOES NOT HATE: The 1968 Sanitation Strike and the Radicalizing of Memphis Activists 327 $aChapter 5 "LITTLE OLD LADIES WITH TENNIS SHOES": The Relationship Between White Women and Racial Reform in a Post-King MemphisChapter 6 "BE THANKFUL IT WAS ONLY SAND": Community Reaction to White Women in a Movement for Black Civil Rights; Chapter 7 "I AM NOT YOUR SOCIAL CONSCIENCE": Busing in the Memphis City Schools; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a""You must be from the North,"" was a common, derogatory reaction to the activities of white women throughout the South, well-meaning wives and mothers who joined together to improve schools or local sanitation but found their efforts decried as more troublesome civil rights agitation. You Must Be from the North: Southern White Women in the Memphis Civil Rights Movement focuses on a generation of white women in Memphis, Tennessee, born between the two World Wars and typically omitted from the history of the civil rights movement. The women for the most part did not jeopardize their lives by pa 606 $aWomen, White$xPolitical activity$zTennessee$zMemphis$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights workers$zTennessee$zMemphis$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen, White$zTennessee$zMemphis$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights workers$zTennessee$zMemphis$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zTennessee$zMemphis$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights movements$zTennessee$zMemphis$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunity life$zTennessee$zMemphis$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aMemphis (Tenn.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen, White$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights workers$xHistory 615 0$aWomen, White 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aCommunity life$xHistory 676 $a323.092/2 700 $aLittle$b Kimberly K$0913391 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455210003321 996 $aYou must be from the North$92046014 997 $aUNINA