Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965

by Vicki L. Crawford (Editor), Jacqueline Anne Rouse (Editor), Barbara Woods (Editor)

" [Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles, and places them in front, behind, and in the middle of the Southern movement that re-made America.... It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight." --Julian Bond

..". remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement." --Manning Marable

Rewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women.

Genres: Feminism, History, Nonfiction, Race

320 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1990

Reviews

[Naima]

YES AND THANK YOU.

I appreciate this book more and more, this is some of the best education I have ever received and should be taught in schools all across America. I idolize Fannie Lou Hamer and she should be a household name.

[Kristin]

This is a collection of essays about women, mostly black women, who held leadership positions various organizations active in the Civil Rights Movement. Because it is a collection of essays by various authors, some of the essays were considerably better than others, but overall I enjoyed the book and learned a lot about the movement.

[Iejones]

Another great work on Black women in the civil rights movement. These lesser known women like Septima Clark Gloria Richarson and Modjeska Simpkins were local activists whose efforts prepared their communities for NAACP, SCLC, SNCC and other organizations to find capable, willing and sacrificial people. A must read