Invisible activists : women of the Louisiana NAACP and the struggle for civil rights, 1915-1945 / Lee Sartain.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sartain, Lee
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
African American women civil rights workers > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
African American women political activists > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > History > 20th century.
Louisiana > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:212 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Weapons of the utmost value : NAACP organizational history, 1909-1945
  • The sympathy of women : Black women's involvement in Louisiana civil rights up to 1920
  • Destined to bring splendid results : NAACP women's auxiliaries and networks, 1921-1945
  • God's valiant minority : teachers and civil rights
  • Leaders who persevere : elected officials
  • We are but Americans : Miss Georgia M. Johnson
  • Conclusion.