| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Peering behind the cotton curtain -- A charter of concern for the tumultuous South -- Plotting their course -- Into the lion's den -- Meeting woman-to-woman : the real work for change -- Beyond Freedom Summer -- Conclusion -- Appendix. |
| Summary |
When you think about civil rights activists, do you picture middle-aged, middle-class northern women in white gloves and tidy dresses meeting for coffee with their southern counterparts? This book tells the story of a group of women who did exactly that. As the civil rights movement reached a fevered pitch during Freedom Summer, Wednesdays in Mississippi (WIMS) brought interfaith, interracial teams of northern women to Jackson, Mississippi, to meet with southern women to challenge injustice and open lines of communication where others had failed. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Wednesdays in Mississippi (Organization)
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Wednesdays in Mississippi (Organization) |
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Mississippi Freedom Project -- History.
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Mississippi Freedom Project. |
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History. |
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African American women political activists -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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African American women political activists. |
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Mississippi. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
African American women civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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African American women civil rights workers. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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Civil rights movements. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Race relations. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harwell, Debbie Z. Wednesdays in Mississippi. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014 9781628460957 (DLC) 2014001977 |
| ISBN |
9781628460964 (electronic book) |
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1628460962 (electronic book) |
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9781626740556 (electronic book) |
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1626740550 (electronic book) |
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9781626744080 (epub) |
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1626744084 |
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9781628460957 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1628460954 |
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