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Author Christenson, Dorothy H., 1938- author.

Title Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / Dorothy H. Christenson ; introduction by Mary E. Frederickson.

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 172 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-165) and index.
Contents Part I.A remarkable family in twentieth-century Gallipolis, Ohio -- The Alexander family -- Education and voting -- School days -- Part II. Becoming a citizen activist -- Cincinnati, another world -- The University of Cincinnati -- A lifetime partner -- Marriage, family, and the YWCA -- Homeownership, new part-time job -- Woman's city club and fellowship house -- Part III. Family life -- New career -- Family values and celebrations -- Family travels; at home and abroad -- Fox Lake -- Personal journeys -- Part IV. Desegregation suits and continuing battles -- Coney Island -- School segregation -- Cincinnati City Council -- Fair housing -- Reproductive rights -- Voting rights -- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Summary Marian Alexander Spencer was born in 1920 in the Ohio River town of Gallipolis, Ohio, one year after the "Red Summer" of 1919 that saw an upsurge in race riots and lynchings. Following the example of her grandfather, an ex-slave and community leader, Marian joined the NAACP at thirteen and grew up to achieve not only a number of civic leadership firsts in her adopted home city of Cincinnati, but a legacy of lasting civil rights victories. Of these, the best known is the desegregation of Cincinnati's Coney Island amusement park. She also fought to desegregate Cincinnati schools and to stop the introduction of observers in black voting precincts in Ohio. Her campaign to raise awareness of industrial toxic-waste practices in minority neighborhoods was later adapted into national Superfund legislation. In 2012, Marian's friend and colleague Dot Christenson sat down with her to record her memories. The resulting biography not only gives us the life story of remarkable leader but encapsulates many of the twentieth century's greatest struggles and advances. Spencer's story will prove inspirational and instructive to citizens and students alike.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Spencer, Marian A. (Marian Alexander), 1920-
Spencer, Marian A. (Marian Alexander), 1920-
African American civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
African American civil rights workers.
Ohio -- Cincinnati.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Women civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
Women civil rights workers.
Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
Civil rights workers.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements.
Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Race relations.
Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Christenson, Dorothy H., 1938- Keep on fighting 9780821421710 (DLC) 2015013623 (OCoLC)906447725
ISBN 9780821445334 (electronic book)
0821445332 (electronic book)
9780821421710
0821421719
9780821421949
0821421948