Title At the dark end of the street : black women, rape, and resistance- a new history of the civil rights movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power / Danielle L. McGuire.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	E185.61 .M4777 2010	Available	---

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xxii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note	"Borzoi Book."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index.
Contents	Prologue: at the dark end of the street -- They'd kill me if I told -- Negroes every day are being molested -- Walking in pride and dignity -- There's open season on Negroes now -- It was like all of us had been raped -- A black woman's body was never hers alone -- Sex and civil rights -- Power to the ice pick -- Epilogue: we all lived in fear for years.
Summary	A history of America's civil rights movement traces the pivotal influence of sexual violence that victimized African American women for centuries, revealing Rosa Parks's contributions as an anti-rape activist years before her heroic bus protest.
Subject	African American women -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
	African American women -- Civil rights.
	Alabama.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	African American women.
	African American women -- Violence against -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
	African American women -- Violence against.
	Rape -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Rape.
	Southern States.
	Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements.
	Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	Race relations.
	Sexual assault.
ISBN	9780307269065 alkaline paper
	030726906X alkaline paper