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The book is here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...It will be part of a series called A Passion for Social Equality?
If you want to claim your author profile: http://www.goodreads.com/author/confi...
I was unsure if GY is simple or are initials, I put them as initial, but if this is wrong let us know.
Catalina wrote: "Thank you Rivka :) I created the series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/10493..."
thank you. That was fast.
My book:
Pushing the Limits of the Color Line: Mary McLeod Bethune & the New Deal by gy williams
ISBN: 978-1484968734
on Amazon at tinyurl.com/anmbpqa
Brief summary: Appointed in 1936 as national director of the “Division of Negro Affairs,” Bethune became an influential insider on the New Deal's response to Black youth and a political force on Capitol Hill. She pushed for affirmative action policy, for funding Black college students, and for Black representation in state and federal positions. Because of her Progressive era experience as an NACW president, she came to Capitol Hill with organizational leadership experience. Believing that “equality of opportunity” and political coalitions were key to Black empowerment, Bethune mobilized Black women in 1935 to form the National Council of Negro Women. Their goals included monitoring and protesting against discriminatory practices in New Deal and government programs. Her political friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt developed during this period and lasted until her demise in 1955. Characterized in her lifetime as “First Lady of the Struggle” and after her death as the “prototype of the rising social consciousness” of Black people, Bethune left a significant legacy of leadership to Black America.
best,
gy williams