LEADER 00825oem 2200277I 450 001 9910791620803321 005 20230828232235.0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000057371 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3329907 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000057371 100 $a20151207d1997 |y 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ccri$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe French and Indian War, 1754-1763 210 $a[United States?] $cMaps.com$d[1997] 215 $a1 online resource (1 map) 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763$vMaps 607 $aUnited States$vMaps 712 02$aMaps.com (Firm), 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791620803321 996 $aThe French and Indian War, 1754-1763$93711146 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04769nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910966992703321 005 20240418015348.0 010 $a9780826272416 010 $a082627241X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000160312 035 $a(OCoLC)779851025 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10554758 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000659125 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11401636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000659125 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10695156 035 $a(PQKB)10073889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440789 035 $a(OCoLC)868217796 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3440789 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554758 035 $a(OCoLC)932311560 035 $a(Perlego)1704500 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000160312 100 $a20120509d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThyra J. Edwards $eblack activist in the global freedom struggle /$fGregg Andrews 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia, Mo. $cUniversity of Missouri Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780826219121 311 08$a0826219128 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : "the spirit of Aframerican womanhood" -- Texas roots of rebellion under the chinaberry tree -- Social work and racial uplift in Gary, Indiana -- Getting a labor education in Illinois, New York, and Denmark -- Chain smoking and thinking "Black" from Red Square to Nazi Germany -- Building a popular front in Chicago -- Conducting educational travel seminars to Europe -- With Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War -- With health problems and the Spanish Loyalist refugees in Mexico -- The Double V years and marriage in New York City -- The final years in Italy. 330 8 $aAnnotation$bIn 1938, a black newspaper in Houston paid front-page tribute to Thyra J. Edwards as the embodiment of THE SPIRIT OF AFRAMERICAN WOMANHOOD. Edwards was a world lecturer, journalist, social worker, labor organizer, women's rights advocate, and civil rights activist an undeniably important figure in the social struggles of the first half of the twentieth century. She experienced international prominence throughout much of her life, from the early 1930's to her death in 1953, but has received little attention from historians in years since. Gregg Andrews's Thyra J. Edwards: Black Activist in the Global Freedom Struggle is the first book-length biographical study of this remarkable, historically significant woman. Edwards, granddaughter of runaway slaves, grew up in Jim Crowera Houston and started her career there as a teacher. She moved to Gary, Indiana, and Chicago as a social worker, then to New York as a journalist, and later became involved with the Communist Party, attracted by its stance on race and labor. She was mentored by famed civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, who became her special friend and led her to pursue her education. She obtained scholarships to college, and after several years of study in the U.S. and then in Denmark, she became a women's labor organizer and a union publicist. In the 1930's and 1940's, she wrote about international events for black newspapers, traveling to Europe, Mexico, and the Soviet Union and presenting an anti-imperialist critique of world affairs to her readers. Edwards's involvement with the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War, her work in a Jewish refugee settlement in Italy, and her activities with U.S. communists drew the attention of the FBI. She was harassed by government intelligence organizations until she died at the age of just fifty-five. Edwards contributed as much to the radical foundations of the modern civil rights movements as any other woman of her time. This fascinating new biography details Thyra Edwards's lifelong journey and myriad achievements, describing both her personal and professional sides and the many ways they intertwined. Gregg Andrews used Edwards's official FBI file along with her personal papers, published articles, and civil rights manuscript collections to present a complete portrait of this noteworthy activist. An engaging volume for the historian as well as the general reader,Thyra J. Edwards explores the complete domestic and international impact of her life and actions. 607 $aSpain$xHistory$yCivil War, 1936-1939$xParticipation, American 676 $a323.092 676 $aB 700 $aAndrews$b Gregg$01807722 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966992703321 996 $aThyra J. Edwards$94368502 997 $aUNINA