Spirit of Freedom Powerful Women of the Civil Rights Movement

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. The women profiled include Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dorothy Height, Ruby Hurley, Gloria Richardson, Jo Ann Robinson, and more.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Martin Gitlin is a former newspaper journalist who won more than 45 awards, including first place for general excellence from Associated Press. That organization selected him as one of the top four feature writers in Ohio. He has had more than 200 books published, most of them educational, including many in the realm of twentieth-century American history.

Zusammenfassung

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. The women profiled include Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dorothy Height, Ruby Hurley, Gloria Richardson, Jo Ann Robinson, and more.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Martin Gitlin, Gitlin Martin
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2024
• Thema: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher > Geschichte, Politik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde
• EAN: 9781538177358
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7735-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 230
• Altersempfehlung: 14 bis 17 Jahre
• Themen: USA, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Movement, 20th Century, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Segregation, Intergration, civil rights, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, People & places (Children's / Teenage), WWII, NAACP, United States of America, USA, Relating to African American people, World War II, Claudette Colvin, Leah Chase, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History & the past, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues, Black & Asian Studies, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places & peoples, NOW, Relating to African American / Black American people, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / African American & Black, Thurgood Marshall, Fannie Lou Hamer, Little Rock Nine, Ella Baker, Montgomery Bus Boycott, National Organization for Women, daisy bates, SCLC, Diane Nash, Dorothy Height, Montgomery, Alabama, Freedom Rider, Equal Opportunity Commission, Jo Ann Robinson, Septima Poinsette Clark, Ruby Hurley, Cambridge Movement, Juliette Hampton Morgan, Selma, Alabama, Dooky Chase, citizenship schools, Aileen Hernandez, Gloria Richardson, Marting Luther King, Amelia Boynton Robinson