![]() ![]() Matthews p a r t v : Law, Feminism, and Politics 14 “Joanne Is You and Joanne Is Me”: A Consideration of African American Women and the “Free Joan Little” Movement, 1974–75 Genna Rae McNeil 257 259 Contents 15 From the Kennedy Commission to the Combahee Collective: Black Feminist Organizing, 1960–80 ix 280 Duchess Harris 16 The Civil Rights–Black Power Legacy: Black Women Elected Officials at the Local, State, and National Levels 306 Linda Faye Williams Selected Bibliography Permissions Contributors Index All illustrations appear as a group following page 148. Rouse 8 African American Women in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 121 Vicki Crawford 9 Anger, Memory, and Personal Power: Fannie Lou Hamer and Civil Rights Leadership 139 Chana Kai Lee p a r t i v : From Civil Rights to Black Power: African American Women and Nationalism 10 “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”: Gloria Richardson, the Cambridge Movement, and the Radical Black Activist Tradition 171 174 Sharon Harley 11 Black Women and Black Power: The Case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 197 Cynthia Griggs Fleming 12 “Ironies of the Saint”: Malcolm X, Black Women, and the Price of Protection 214 Farah Jasmine Griffin 13 “No One Ever Asks What a Man’s Role in the Revolution Is”: Gender Politics and Leadership in the Black Panther Party, 1966–71 230 Tracye A. Clark and Participatory Leadership 93 95 Jacqueline A. in Order to Speak the Truth”: Nurturing the Seeds of Discontent-Septima P. Height vii viii Contents p a r t i i i : Women, Leadership, and Civil Rights 7 “We Seek to Know. ![]() Franklin and Bettye Collier-Thomas 3 Behind-the-Scenes View of a Behind-the-Scenes Organizer: The Roots of Ella Baker’s Political Passions 42 Barbara Ransby p a r t i i : Personal Narratives 4 “Tired of Giving In”: The Launching of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 59 61 Rosa Parks 5 “Heirs to a Legacy of Struggle”: Charlayne Hunter Integrates the University of Georgia 75 Charlayne Hunter Gault 6 “We Wanted the Voice of a Woman to Be Heard”: Black Women and the 1963 March on Washington 83 Dorothy I. Smith Mary McLeod Bethune 2 For the Race in General and Black Women in Particular: The Civil Rights Activities of African American Women’s Organizations, 1915–50 21 V. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 in memory of Gwendolyn Brooks Gladys Collier Oden Gail Lynetta Franklin Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: In the Whip of the Whirlwind xi 1 p a r t i : Laying the Groundwork: African American Women and Civil Rights Before 1950 9 1 “Closed Doors”: Mary McLeod Bethune on Civil Rights 11 Introduction by Elaine M. S615 2001 323.1'196073'0922-dc21 2001001550 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. African American leadership- History-20th century. Civil rights movements-United States-History-20th century. ![]() Black power-United States- History-20th century. African Americans-Civil rights- History-20th century. African American women political activists-Biography. African American women political activists- History-20th century. African American women civil rights workers- Biography. African American women civil rights workers-History- 20th century. Includes bibliographical references and index. Franklin All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sisters in the struggle : African American women in the civil rights–black power movement / edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V. Franklin a New York University Press new york and london new york university press New York and London © 2001 by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V. Sisters in the Struggle Sisters in the Struggle African American Women in the Civil Rights–Black Power Movement edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V.
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