Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.
Contents
Ida B. Wells-Barnett : Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- A groundbreaking journalist -- Burned alive -- Winnie Mandela : Winnie Mandela's troubled life -- The Soweto uprising -- An interview with Winnie Mandela -- Other nineteenth-century trailblazers :; Maria Stewart -- Slavery and degradation -- Sojourner Truth -- Mary Ann Shadd Cary -- Black women and the fight against racial segregation : Mary Church Terrell -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Doors closed to black Americans -- Rosa Parks -- Voting rights, women's rights, and speaking for the voiceless -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- A life shaped by mentors : Marian Wright Edelman -- Maxine Waters.
