A forgotten sisterhood : pioneering black women educators and activists in the Jim Crow South
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Lanham : Rowman & Lttlefield, [2014].
Physical Desc
x, 181 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Community College of Aurora - CentreTech - BOOKS
LA 2315 .S86 M33 2014
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LA 2315 .S86 M33 2014
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American educators -- Southern States -- Biography.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
African American women educators -- Southern States -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Education -- Southern States.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions.
Biographies.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History.
Southern States -- Social conditions.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
African American women educators -- Southern States -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Education -- Southern States.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions.
Biographies.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History.
Southern States -- Social conditions.
OCLC Fast Subjects
African American educators.
African American women civil rights workers.
African American women educators.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Education.
African Americans -- Segregation.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Civil rights movements.
History.
Race relations.
Social history.
African American women civil rights workers.
African American women educators.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Education.
African Americans -- Segregation.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Civil rights movements.
History.
Race relations.
Social history.
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Published
Lanham : Rowman & Lttlefield, [2014].
Format
Book
Language
English
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In the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century a small group of women overcame personal and professional hardships to gain national prominence as educational reformers and social activists. This book takes a biographical look at Lucy Craft Laney, Mary McLeod Bethune, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Charlotte Hawkins Brown. The four women knew each other through the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. The other four women founded schools for African-American children, as well as being activists, lecturers, and suffragists, and the book includes interviews with students who came fro.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCluskey, A. T. (2014). A forgotten sisterhood: pioneering black women educators and activists in the Jim Crow South . Rowman & Lttlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCluskey, Audrey T. 2014. A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South. Rowman & Lttlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCluskey, Audrey T. A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South Rowman & Lttlefield, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCluskey, Audrey T. A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South Rowman & Lttlefield, 2014.
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