Daisy Bates : civil rights crusader from Arkansas / / Grif Stockley

• Autore: Stockley Grif
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 323/.092; B
• Soggetto topico: African American women civil rights workers - Arkansas - Little Rock; African Americans - Arkansas - Little Rock; Civil rights workers - Arkansas - Little Rock; Civil rights movements - Arkansas - Little Rock - History; School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History
• Soggetto geografico: Little Rock (Ark.) Biography; Little Rock (Ark.) Race relations; Arkansas Race relations
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-334) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Dedication -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One A LITTLE GIRL FROM HUTTIG -- Chapter Two A MUCH OLDER MAN -- Chapter Three A NEWSPAPER ALL THEIR OWN -- Chapter Four TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE -- Chapter Five AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT -- Chapter Six THE BOMBSHELL OF BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION -- Chapter Seven A FOOT IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE DOOR -- Chapter Eight TWO STEPS BACK -- Chapter Nine FRONT AND CENTER -- Chapter Ten WHO IS THAT WOMAN IN LITTLE ROCK? -- Chapter Eleven A BATTLE EVERY DAY -- Chapter Twelve WOMAN OF THE YEAR -- Chapter Thirteen HOLDING THE LINE -- Chapter fourteen COPING WITH DEFEAT -- Chapter fifteen THE NEW YORK YEARS -- Chapter Sixteen GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS -- Chapter Seventeen THE LONG SHADOW OF LITTLE ROCK -- Chapter Eighteen MITCHELLVILLE-SELF-HELP OR MONUMENT? -- Chapter Nineteen FIGHTING OVER A LEGEND -- NOTES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: Daisy Bates (1914-1999) is renowned as the mentor of the Little Rock Nine, the first African Americans to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. For guiding the Nine through one of the most tumultuous civil rights crises of the 1950s, she was selected as Woman of the Year in Education by the Associated Press in 1957 and was the only woman invited to speak at the Lincoln Memorial ceremony in the March on Washington in 1963. But her importance as a historical figure has been overlooked by scholars of the civil rights movement. Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas chronicles her life and political advocacy before, during, and well after the Central High School crisis. An orphan from the Arkansas mill town of Huttig, she eventually rose to the zenith of civil rights action. In 1952, she was elected president of the NAACP in Arkansas and traveled the country speaking on political issues. During the 1960s, she worked as a field organizer for presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to get out the black vote. Even after a series of strokes, she continued to orchestrate self-help and economic initiatives in Arkansas. Using interviews, archival records, contemporary news-paper accounts, and other materials, author Grif Stockley reconstructs Bates's life and career, revealing her to be a complex, contrary leader of the civil rights movement. Ultimately, Daisy Bates paints a vivid portrait of an ardent, overlooked advocate of social justice. Grif Stockley is a staff attorney of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas. He is the author of several books, including Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Race Massacres of 1919 , Blind Judgment , Probable Cause , and Expert Testimony . He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.
• Titolo autorizzato: Daisy Bates
• ISBN: 1-282-55558-8; 9786612555589; 1-60473-067-6; 1-4294-6055-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826266203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.