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Boycotts, Buses, and Passes: Black Women's Resistance in the U.S. South and South Africa
Pamela E. Brooks
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Paperback. In the mid-1950s, as developing nations sought independence from colonial rule, black women in the American South and in South Africa launched parallel campaigns to end racial injustice within their respective communities. This book traces the dual rise of political consciousness and activism among the black women of the US South and South Africa. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
This book presents a comparative history of the liberation struggles of black women in two countries. In the mid-1950s, as many developing nations sought independence from colonial rule, black women in the American South and in South Africa launched parallel campaigns to end racial injustice within their respective communities. Just as the dignified obstinacy of Mrs. Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, the 20,000 South African women who marched in Pretoria a year later to protest the pass laws signaled a new wave of resistance to the system of apartheid. In both places women who had previously ... Read more
This book presents a comparative history of the liberation struggles of black women in two countries. In the mid-1950s, as many developing nations sought independence from colonial rule, black women in the American South and in South Africa launched parallel campaigns to end racial injustice within their respective communities. Just as the dignified obstinacy of Mrs. Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, the 20,000 South African women who marched in Pretoria a year later to protest the pass laws signaled a new wave of resistance to the system of apartheid. In both places women who had previously ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496781
SKU
V9781558496781
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Ref
99-15
About Pamela E. Brooks
PAMELA E. BROOKS is associate professor of African American studies at Oberlin College.
Reviews for Boycotts, Buses, and Passes: Black Women's Resistance in the U.S. South and South Africa
A very ambitious project elegantly and sensitively written.... One of the more useful things Brooks provides is a slew of oral history interviews that she undertook to document the ordinariness of women's lives and how they made choices based on their visions of justice and equality. These interviews are crucial in the preservation of these women's stories and legacies, and ... Read more