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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aGitlin, Marty,
_eauthor.
_9151511
245 1 4 _aThe spirit of freedom :
_bpowerful women of the civil rights movement /
_cMartin Gitlin.
246 3 0 _aPowerful women of the civil rights movement
264 1 _aLanham :
_bRowman & Littlefield,
_c[2024]
264 4 _c©2024
300 _aviii, 221 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aElla Baker: Toiling "in friendship" -- Daisy Bates: Protector of the young -- Leah Chase: Chef to the stars -- June Jackson Christmas: The good doctor -- Septima Clark: Mother of the movement -- Myrlie Evers-Williams: Turning tragedy into Action -- Fannie Lou Hamer: Driven by indignity -- Dorothy Height: The "Godmother" of Civil Rights -- Aileen Hernandez: Getting things done NOW -- Zilphia Horton: Highlander hero -- Ruby Hurley: The great investigator -- Dian Nash: The fearless fighter -- Rosa Parks: Taking a stand by sitting -- Gloria Richardson: Leading a movement in Maryland -- Jo Ann Robinson: Taking a back seat to Rosa Parks -- Modjesta Simkins: Tough activist, tough woman -- Gwendolyn Robinson Zoharah Simmons: Fighter for freedom.
520 _a"This book shines a light on the unsung women of the Civil Rights Movement, women who overcame enormous odds to fight for the rights of Black Americans"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAfrican American women civil rights workers
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9223663
650 0 _aAfrican American civil rights workers
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9180616
650 0 _aCivil rights workers
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_910044
650 0 _aCivil rights movements
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_910043
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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