Gender in the Civil Rights Movement

by Peter J. Ling (Editor), Sharon Monteith (Editor)

Overview

In a new anthology of essays, an international group of scholars examines the powerful interaction between gender and race within the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815330790
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1999
Series:	Crosscurrents in African American History , #8
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter J. Ling, Sharon Monteith

Table of Contents

Essays include: Daisy Bates, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the 1957 Little Rock Crisis: A Gender Perspective - John Kirk * Sex Machines and Prisoners of Love: Male Rhythm and Blues, Sexual Politics and the Black Freedom Struggle - Brian Ward * The Gun-toting Gloria Richardson: Black Violence in Cambridge, Maryland - Jenny Walker * Gender and Generation: The Sexual Politics of Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Peter J. Ling * Women in Civil Rights Organizations: Ideology, Organizational Structure, and Leadership - Belinda Robnett