Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index.
Contents:
Contributions of African American women in the modern civil rights movement / Bruce A. Glasrud and Merline Pitre -- Professional and organizational leaders: "A tremendous job to be done": African American women in the Virginia civil rights movement / Caroline S. Emmons -- Making the invisible visible: African American women in the Texas civil rights movement / Yvonne Davis Frear -- Black women in the Arkansas civil rights movement / Jeannie M. Whayne -- Bridge leaders and foot soldiers in the Deep South: Black women in the Florida civil rights era, 1954-1974 / Maxine D. Jones -- Black women in Alabama, 1954-1974 / Stefanie Decker -- "Call the women": the tradition of African American female activism in Georgia during the civil rights movement / Clarissa Myrick-Harris -- Women in the South Carolina civil rights movement / W. Marvin Dulaney -- Black women activists in Mississippi during the civil rights era, 1954-1974 / Tiyi M. Morris -- Black women in the North Carolina civil rights movement / Dwonna Naomi Goldstone -- Southern Black women in the Louisiana civil rights era, 1954-1974 / Shannon L. Frystak -- African American women in the Tennessee civil rights movement / Bobby L. Lovett.
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