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The Citizenship Education Program and Black women's political culture /

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This book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillespie, Deanna M. (Author)
Other Authors: Harrold, Stanley (writer of foreword.), Miller, Randall M. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2021]
Series:Southern dissent.
Subjects:
Citizenship Education Program > History.
African American women civil rights workers > History.
African American women > Political activity > History.
White supremacy movements > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • "We're Going to Learn Together": Groundwork on Johns Island, South Carolina, 1948-1957
  • "New Outposts in the Growing Movement": Citizenship Schools in South Carolina and Alabama, 1958-1961
  • "Bring This Community Leadership Program to Your Town and County": Groundwork in Southeastern Georgia, 1960-1961
  • "Say It Is for Citizenship": Citizenship Education in Southeastern Georgia, 1961-1964
  • "We Shall Overcome Today": Groundwork in the Mississippi Delta, 1961-1963
  • Freedom Days: Citizenship Education in Mississippi, 1963-1965
  • "So Much Taking Place . . . So Rapidly": Citizenship Education in Mississippi and Alabama, 1965-1967
  • The Citizenship Education Program's "Second Phase," 1966-1969.