" Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles, and places them in front, behind, and in the middle of the Southern movement that re-made America.... It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight." Julian Bond
..". remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement." Manning Marable
Rewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women.
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" Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles, ...
Description: The scholarship on Martin Luther King Jr. has too often cast him in the image of the Southern black preacher and the American Gandhi, while ignoring or trivializing his global connections and significance. This groundbreaking work, written by scholars, religious leaders, and activists of different backgrounds, addresses this glaring pattern of neglect in King studies. King is treated here as both a global figure and a forerunner of much of what is currently associated with contemporary globalization theory and praxis. The contributors to this volume agree that King must be...
Description: The scholarship on Martin Luther King Jr. has too often cast him in the image of the Southern black preacher and the American Gandhi, whi...
