Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Name: Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Price: 11.39 USD
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Author: Janet Dewart Bell
ISBN: 9781620975589

During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women did not stand on ceremony; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the movement, they remain mostly invisible to the larger public. Beyond Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King, most Americans would be hard-pressed to name other leaders at the community, local, and national levels.

In Lighting the Fires of Freedom Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women's all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement. Through wide-ranging conversations with nine women, several now in their nineties with decades of untold stories, we hear what ignited and fueled their activism, as Bell vividly captures their inspiring voices. A vital document for understanding the Civil Rights Movement, this book is an enduring testament to the vitality of women's leadership during one of the most dramatic periods of American history.