Gender in the Civil Rights Movement

In a new anthology of essays, an international group of scholars examines the powerful interaction between gender and race within the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy.

List of contents

Essays include: Daisy Bates, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the 1957 Little Rock Crisis: A Gender Perspective - John Kirk * Sex Machines and Prisoners of Love: Male Rhythm and Blues, Sexual Politics and the Black Freedom Struggle - Brian Ward * The Gun-toting Gloria Richardson: Black Violence in Cambridge, Maryland - Jenny Walker * Gender and Generation: The Sexual Politics of Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Peter J. Ling * Women in Civil Rights Organizations: Ideology, Organizational Structure, and Leadership - Belinda Robnett

About the author

Peter J. Ling, Sharon Monteith

Summary

In a new anthology of essays, an international group of scholars examines the powerful interaction between gender and race within the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy.

Product details

• Authors: Peter J. Ling, Sharon Monteith
• Assisted by: Peter J. Ling (Editor), Ling Peter J. (Editor), Sharon Monteith (Editor), Monteith Sharon (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780815330790
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3079-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Crosscurrents in African American History; Crosscurrents in African American History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship