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Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi (Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South Ser.)
Tiyi Morris
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Paperback. Series: Politics and Culture in the Twentieth Century South. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
In Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi, Tiyi M. Morris provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi–based women’s organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders who were unjustly arrested and then tortured in Mississippi jails. Womanpower Unlimited expanded its activism to include programs such as voter registration drives, youth education, and participation in Women Strike for Peace. Womanpower Unlimited proved to be not only a significant organization with regard to civil rights activism in Mississippi but also a spearhead movement ... Read more
In Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi, Tiyi M. Morris provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi–based women’s organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders who were unjustly arrested and then tortured in Mississippi jails. Womanpower Unlimited expanded its activism to include programs such as voter registration drives, youth education, and participation in Women Strike for Peace. Womanpower Unlimited proved to be not only a significant organization with regard to civil rights activism in Mississippi but also a spearhead movement ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Politics and Culture in the Twentieth Century South
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820347318
SKU
V9780820347318
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About Tiyi Morris
Tiyi M. Morris is an assistant professor in the Department of African-American and African Studies at Ohio State University, USA.
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