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1 online resource (616 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Fighting for my rights : one SNCC woman's experience, 1961-1964 -- pt. 2. Entering troubled waters : sit-ins, the founding of SNCC, and the freedom rides, 1960-1963 -- pt. 3. Movement leaning posts : the heart and soul of the southwest Georgia movement, 1961-1963 -- pt. 4. Standing tall : the southwest Georgia movement, 1962-1963 -- pt. 5. Get on board : the Mississippi movement through the Atlantic City challenge, 1961-1964 -- pt. 6. Cambridge, Maryland : the movement under attack, 1961-1964 -- pt. 7. A sense of family : the National SNCC Office, 1960-1964 -- pt. 8. Fighting another day : the Mississippi movement after Atlantic City, 1964-1966 -- pt. 9. The constant struggle : the Alabama movement, 1963-1966 -- Black power : issues of continuity, change, and personal identity, 1964-1969. |
| Summary |
Fifty-two women - northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina - share their courageous personal stories of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. The testimonies cover early sit-ins, voter registration campaigns, and Freedom Rides; the 1963 March on Washington, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the Movements in Alabama and Maryland; Black Power and anti-war activism. --publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) |
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Biographies.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography. |
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African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African American women civil rights workers. |
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African American women political activists -- Biography.
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African American women political activists. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
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United States. |
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Southern States. |
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Holsaert, Faith S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hands on the freedom plow. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2010 9780252035579 (DLC) 2010020850 (OCoLC)601330993 |
| ISBN |
9780252098871 (electronic book) |
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0252098870 (electronic book) |
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9780252035579 |
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0252035577 |
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