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04402aam a2200589 i 4500 001 A70F5672F2F211E49475ABD7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150505014724 008 141029s2015 gaua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014023162 020 $a 0820347310 020 $a 9780820347318 020 $a 0820347302 020 $a 9780820347301 035 $a (OCoLC)894557322 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SZR $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d COO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ms 050 00 $a E185.93.M6 $b M665 2015 082 00 $a 305.48/89607307620904 $2 23 100 1 $a Morris, Tiyi Makeda, $e author. 245 10 $a Womanpower Unlimited and the Black freedom struggle in Mississippi / $c Tiyi M. Morris. 264 1 $a Athens, Georgia : $b The University of Georgia Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xvi, 237 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: "Women are the humanizers of the struggle" : Black women's legacy of activism -- "It was just women who dared to dream" : the emergence of Womanpower Unlimited -- "You could just see things being accomplished" : the women who built the movement -- "'cause I love my people" : sustaining the people and the movement -- "We who believe in freedom" : interracial cooperation and peace activism -- "Welcome, ladies, to Magnolialand" : Womanpower and Wednesdays Women -- "When there was a need" : ministering to the people -- Conclusion: Women's power transformed : joining forces with the National Council of Negro Women -- Epilogue: "This woman's work" : activism in the post-civil rights Years. 520 2 $a "Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders, who were unjustly arrested and tortured in the Mississippi jails, Womanpower Unlimited expanded its activism to include programs such as voter registration drives, youth education, and participation in Women Strike for Peace. Womanpower Unlimited proved to be not only a significant organization with regard to civil rights activism in Mississippi, but also a spearhead movement for revitalizing Black women's social and political activism in the state. This study contributes to our understanding of how the civil rights movement was sustained in Mississippi through grassroots activism, and also foregrounds women's activism as an integral component of this leadership. In this process, Morris engages contemporary theoretical questions about leadership, support work, and gendered activism within the movement while demonstrating a broad human rights agenda"--Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Womanpower Unlimited $x History. 650 0 $a African American women political activists $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African American women civil rights workers $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African American women $z Mississippi $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Civil rights movements $z Mississippi $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Mississippi $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 27 $a Womanpower Unlimited. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01652792 648 7 $a 1900 - 1999 $2 fast 650 7 $a African American women civil rights workers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799481 650 7 $a African American women political activists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799518 650 7 $a African American women $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799467 650 7 $a African Americans $x Civil rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799575 650 7 $a Civil rights movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862708 650 7 $a Race relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 651 7 $a Mississippi. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01207034 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South. 941 $a 4 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240202030053.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018013923.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926095353.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20160325010521.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A70F5672F2F211E49475ABD7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search