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Moisture of the Earth: Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist (Class : Culture)
Fran Leeper Buss
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Description for Moisture of the Earth: Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist (Class : Culture)
Hardcover. Intends to recount the life story of African American activist Mary Robinson. This book sheds light on African American resistance movements in the twentieth century and the roles of religious traditions and storytelling to struggles for social justice. It highlights women's important roles in community activism and the labor movement. Editor(s): Buss, Fran Leeper. Series: Class: Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
This title presents a voice from the margins that refuses to be silenced. ""Moisture of the Earth"" recounts the life story of African American activist Mary Robinson. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she worked in the cotton fields as a child, coming of age at the peak of the civil rights movement. When textile manufacturing giant J.P. Stevens was forced to admit African American workers, Robinson began working at their Montgomery plant. In the 1970s, she joined the organizing struggle by the ACTWU (Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union) and became an outspoken activist.Later, when the Stevens plant closed, she ... Read more
This title presents a voice from the margins that refuses to be silenced. ""Moisture of the Earth"" recounts the life story of African American activist Mary Robinson. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she worked in the cotton fields as a child, coming of age at the peak of the civil rights movement. When textile manufacturing giant J.P. Stevens was forced to admit African American workers, Robinson began working at their Montgomery plant. In the 1970s, she joined the organizing struggle by the ACTWU (Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union) and became an outspoken activist.Later, when the Stevens plant closed, she ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Class: Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472095872
SKU
V9780472095872
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About Fran Leeper Buss
Fran Leeper Buss, Ph.D., has published three previous oral histories: La Partera: Story of a Midwife; Dignity: Lower Income Women Tell of Their Lives and Struggles; and Forged Under the Sun/Forjada bajo el sol: The Life of Maria Elena Lucas.
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