Wednesdays in Mississippi : proper ladies working for radical change, Freedom Summer 1964 / Debbie Z. Harwell.
Tells the story of WIMS, an organization that collected middle-aged, middle (and upper) class, women activists (of mixed religious background) to work on civil rights projects in Mississippi, hoping to disband the stereotype of student radicals as interlopers and troublemakers.
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Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2014.
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Physical Description: | xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Peering behind the cotton curtain
- A charter of concern for the tumultuous South
- Plotting their course
- Into the lion's den
- Meeting woman-to-woman : the real work for change
- Beyond Freedom Summer
- Conclusion
- Appendix.