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Women of the Civil Rights Movement
Looks at the countless women who bravely carried the movement toward securing civil rights for all African Americans.
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
61 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2006
About the author
Linda Barrett Osborne
19 books15 followersLinda Barrett Osborne is the author of several books for children on African American history, including Abrams’ Traveling the Freedom Road. She is a senior writer and editor in the Library of Congress’s Publishing Office. She lives in Washington, DC.
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January 20, 2009
This is a short book of the women behind many important facets of the civil rights movement. It is not full of names we know, but they are names we should know. Its full of pictures but my complaint is it is TOO short.
July 29, 2021
This book is part of a series "Women Who Dare" through the Library of Congress, and has an excellent bibliography that comes along with it. The photos in it come from the Library of Congress and are labeled such that anyone who wants a copy of one of the photos can request a photocopied one of their own.
"If Rosa Parks had got up and given that white man her seat you'd never a heard of Reverend King." Edgar Daniel Nixon (Head of the Montgomery, Alabama NAACP)
So many of these women were neglected by the press and history textbooks, they initiated action, headed organizations, and made many tough decisions. They were in the forefront of some of the most important events of the time. I learned about the person behind the names of Rosa Parks, Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, Ella Baker, Daisy Bates, and Diane Nash.
It is hard to believe that, after fighting in WWII, black Americans had to drink from "colored only" drinking fountains, sit at the back of the bus, and sit in the balcony of movie theaters, along with not being served at the counter for food. In the 1940's segregation was a major breakthrough in black American rights, but in 1954, The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, that "separate but equal" was "unequal"and that segregation was no longer acceptable. Martin Luther King Jr. and other black male ministers founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and began a voter registration campaign. Ella Baker became the organization's acting director, and then later it's acting executive director. There were marches and sit-ins. In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. It banned segregation in public accommodations and re-affirmed the right of EVERY American to vote. Of coarse, the southern states used any way that they could to keep black Americans from voting. Does this sound familiar? It is happening again now in our midst.
This book introduced me to so many women that put their lives on the line, or lost their lives, working for equality for everyone. They also worked for equality of education, health care, job opportunities, and fair housing practices.
"If Rosa Parks had got up and given that white man her seat you'd never a heard of Reverend King." Edgar Daniel Nixon (Head of the Montgomery, Alabama NAACP)
So many of these women were neglected by the press and history textbooks, they initiated action, headed organizations, and made many tough decisions. They were in the forefront of some of the most important events of the time. I learned about the person behind the names of Rosa Parks, Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, Ella Baker, Daisy Bates, and Diane Nash.
It is hard to believe that, after fighting in WWII, black Americans had to drink from "colored only" drinking fountains, sit at the back of the bus, and sit in the balcony of movie theaters, along with not being served at the counter for food. In the 1940's segregation was a major breakthrough in black American rights, but in 1954, The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, that "separate but equal" was "unequal"and that segregation was no longer acceptable. Martin Luther King Jr. and other black male ministers founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and began a voter registration campaign. Ella Baker became the organization's acting director, and then later it's acting executive director. There were marches and sit-ins. In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. It banned segregation in public accommodations and re-affirmed the right of EVERY American to vote. Of coarse, the southern states used any way that they could to keep black Americans from voting. Does this sound familiar? It is happening again now in our midst.
This book introduced me to so many women that put their lives on the line, or lost their lives, working for equality for everyone. They also worked for equality of education, health care, job opportunities, and fair housing practices.
October 23, 2022
Brief history of women's contributions to the civil rights movement.
Very informative. but short so it leaves a lot uncovered. There is a good bibliography at the back for further reading.
Very informative. but short so it leaves a lot uncovered. There is a good bibliography at the back for further reading.
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