Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi - Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi

"Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders, who were unjustly arrested and tortured in the Mississippi jails, Womanpower Unlimited expanded its activism to include programs such as voter registration drives, youth education, and participation in Women Strike for Peace. Womanpower Unlimited proved to be not only a significant organization with regard to civil rights activism in Mississippi, but also a spearhead movement for revitalizing Black women's social and political activism in the state. This study contributes to our understanding of how the civil rights movement was sustained in Mississippi through grassroots activism, and also foregrounds women's activism as an integral component of this leadership. In this process, Morris engages contemporary theoretical questions about leadership, support work, and gendered activism within the movement while demonstrating a broad human rights agenda"--Provided by publisher.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tiyi Morris, Tiyi M Morris, Tiyi M. Morris
• Con la collaborazione di: Jane Dailey (Editore), Bryant Simon (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.02.2015
• EAN: 9780820347318
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4731-8
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Politics and Culture in the Tw; Politics and Culture in the Tw; Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History - U.S., POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights