Path to grace : reimagining the civil rights movement / Ethel Morgan Smith.

"The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than the figures on the frontline and that it grew from intellectual and historical efforts...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Ethel Morgan, 1952- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2023.
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Subjects:
African American civil rights workers > Interviews.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Interviews.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > 20th century.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > États-Unis > Entretiens.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > États-Unis > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Entretiens.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > 20e siècle.
African American civil rights workers.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
United States.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Interviews.
Genre:
Interviews.
Biography.
Entretiens.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:viii, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Book notes
  • Chapter 1. An army of God: do what you can do: Dr. Sandra Mathews Ford and Henry Michael Ford
  • Chapter 2. A view of grace from the top: John Canty
  • Chapter 3. An unyielding feminist: Shirley Chisholm
  • Susan Perry Cole
  • Chapter 4. The art of activism: Constance Curry
  • Chapter 5. What color is the world: Blanche Virginia Franklin Moore
  • Chapter 6. Designing dreams: Ann Cole Lowe
  • Chapter 7. Walking is like a prayer: Louise Bruyn
  • Chapter 8. Drinking from the cup of equality: Dr. Mary Emma Bruce
  • Chapter 9. Another other: White Negroes: Andrea Lee
  • Chapter 10. Two ways of seeing the world: Gloria Naylor
  • Chapter 11. We reached out to the arts and the arts said yes: Nikki Giovanni
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes.