How did African American women shape the civil rights movement and what challenges did they face? /

Women's organized efforts to overcome discrimination based on race and gender date at least to the late nineteenth century. Fighting degrading stereotypes, black clubwomen embarked on racial uplift within African American communities and education of white citizenry. Women worked within nationa...

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Main Author:	Murray, Gail S. (Author, Compiler)
Corporate Author:	Alexander Street (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010.
Series:	Women and social movements: scholar's edition
Subjects:	Civil rights > United States. Civil rights movements > United States. African American women. Droits de l'homme > États-Unis. Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis. Noires américaines. Civil rights. Civil rights movements. United States. Electronic books.
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