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BL
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| Record Number
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694397
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b516586
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| Title & Author
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Women and the civil rights movement, 1954-1965 /\ edited by Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon.
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| Publication Statement
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Jackson :: University Press of Mississippi,, 2009.
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| Page. NO
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xxvii, 322 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1604731079 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781604731071 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Mary McLeod Bethune -- Sarah Patton Boyle -- Mamie Till Bradley -- Daisy S. Lampkin -- Rosa Parks -- Agnes E. Meyer -- Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin -- Frances H. Williams -- Edith S. Sampson -- Johnnie Carr -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Dorothy Tilly -- Della D. Sullins -- Barbara Posey -- Priscilla Stephens -- Casey Hayden -- Modjeska M. Simkins -- Charlotta Bass -- Diane Nash -- Lillian Smith -- Katie Louchheim -- Anne Braden -- Marion King -- Margaret C. McCulloch -- Jane Schutt -- Dorothy Height -- Marie Foster -- Pauli Murray -- Myrlie Evers -- Ella Baker -- Victoria Gray -- Elizabeth Gray -- Elizabeth Allen -- Rita L. Schwerner -- Ruth Steiner -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Annie Devine -- Dorothy Cottton -- Martha Ragland -- Constance Baker Motley.
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| Abstract
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Presents thirty-nine full-text addresses by women who spoke out while the struggle for civil rights was at its most intense. Many are published or transcribed from audio tape for the first time. Each speech is preceded by an introduction of the speaker and occasion that highlights key biographical and background details. The collection also provides a general introduction that places these public addresses in context.
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| Subject
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African American women civil rights workers-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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African American women civil rights workers, Biography.
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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Civil rights movements-- United States-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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Women civil rights workers-- United States, Biography.
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Women civil rights workers-- United States-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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Women-- United States-- History-- 20th century, Sources.
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United States, Race relations, Sources.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.092
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| LC Classification
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E185.61.W828 2009
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| Added Entry
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Dixon, David E.
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Houck, Davis W.
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