Hands on the freedom plow, personal accounts by women in SNCC, edited by Faith S. Holsaert ... [et at.]
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Hands on the freedom plow, personal accounts by women in SNCC, edited by Faith S. Holsaert ... [et at.]
Language
eng
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contains biographical information
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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illustrations
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non fiction
Main title
Hands on the freedom plow
Oclc number
601330993
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edited by Faith S. Holsaert ... [et at.]
Sub title
personal accounts by women in SNCC
Summary
Fifty-two women - northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina - share their courageous personal stories of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. The testimonies cover early sit-ins, voter registration campaigns, and Freedom Rides; the 1963 March on Washington, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the Movements in Alabama and Maryland; Black Power and anti-war activism. --publisher's description
Table Of Contents
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
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- African Americans + Civil rights
- Race relations
- Biography
- Civil rights movements
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Southern States
- African American women civil rights workers
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography
- African American women political activists
- African American women civil rights workers -- Biography
- History
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- 1900 - 1999
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
- African American women political activists -- Biography
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- African Americans + Civil rights
- Race relations
- Biography
- Civil rights movements
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Southern States
- African American women civil rights workers
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography
- African American women political activists
- African American women civil rights workers -- Biography
- History
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- 1900 - 1999
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
- African American women political activists -- Biography
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