Lighting the Fires of Freedom (eBook)

African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Janet Dewart Bell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-62097-336-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Recommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle Nominated for a 2019 NAACP Image Award, a groundbreaking collection of profiles of African American women leaders in the twentieth-century fight for civil rightsDuring the Civil Rights Movement, African American women did not stand on ceremony; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the movement, they remain mostly invisible to the larger public. Beyond Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King, most Americans would be hard-pressed to name other leaders at the community, local, and national levels.In Lighting the Fires of Freedom Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women's all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement. Through wide-ranging conversations with nine women, several now in their nineties with decades of untold stories, we hear what ignited and fueled their activism, as Bell vividly captures their inspiring voices. Lighting the Fires of Freedom offers these deeply personal and intimate accounts of extraordinary struggles for justice that resulted in profound social change, stories that are vital and relevant today.A vital document for understanding the Civil Rights Movement, Lighting the Fires of Freedom is an enduring testament to the vitality of women's leadership during one of the most dramatic periods of American history.

Autor

Janet Dewart Bell is a social justice activist with a doctorate in leadership and change from Antioch University. She founded the Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society series at the New York University School of Law. An award-winning television and radio producer, she lives in New York City.

Inhalt

Interviews include:

Leah Chase – New Orleans

June Jackson Christmas – New York City

Alleen Hernandez (deceased)

Diane Nash – Chicago

Judy Richardson

Kathleen Cleaver – Atlanta

Gay McDougall – New York City

Gloria Richardson – New York City

Myrlie Evers - Pomona, California

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: African American • Aileen Hernandez • Civil Rights • Derek Bell • Diane Nash • Gay McDougall • Gloria Richardson • Judy Richardson • June Jackson Christmas • Kathleen Cleaver • Leah Chase • Myrlie Evers • Oral History • Twentieth century • Women
• ISBN-10: 1-62097-336-7 / 1620973367
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62097-336-3 / 9781620973363