Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Download or read book Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the South, black women were crucial to the Civil Rights Movement, serving as grassroots and organizational leaders. They protested, participated, sat in, mobilized, created, energized, led particular efforts, and served as bridge builders to the rest of the community. Ignored at the time by white politicians and the media alike, with few exceptions they worked behind the scenes to effect the changes all in the movement sought. Until relatively recently, historians, too, have largely ignored their efforts. Although African American women mobili.