Sisters in the Struggle : African-American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement PDF
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Sisters in the Struggle Sisters in the Struggle African American Women in the Civil Rights–Black Power Movement edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V. P. Franklin a New York University Press new york and london new york university press New York and London © 2001 by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V. P. Franklin All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sisters in the struggle : African American women in the civil rights–black power movement / edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V. P. Franklin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8147-1602-4 (acid-free paper) — ISBN 0-8147-1603-2 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1. African American women civil rights workers—History— 20th century. 2. African American women civil rights workers— Biography. 3. African American women political activists— History—20th century. 4. African American women political activists—Biography. 5. African Americans—Civil rights— History—20th century. 6. Black power—United States— History—20th century. 7. Civil rights movements—United States—History—20th century. 8. African American leadership— History—20th century. 9. United States—Race relations. I. Collier-Thomas, Bettye. II. Franklin, V. P. (Vincent P.), 1947– E185.61 .S615 2001 323.1'196073'0922—dc21 2001001550 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 in memory of Gwendolyn Brooks Gladys Collier Oden Gail Lynetta Franklin Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction: In the Whip of the Whirlwind 1 part i: Laying the Groundwork: African American Women and Civil Rights Before 1950 9 1 “Closed Doors”: Mary McLeod Bethune on Civil Rights 11 Introduction by Elaine M. Smith Mary McLeod Bethune 2 For the Race in General and Black Women in Particular: The Civil Rights Activities of African American Women’s Organizations, 1915–50 21 V.P.FranklinandBettye Collier-Thomas 3 Behind-the-Scenes View of a Behind-the-Scenes Organizer: The Roots of Ella Baker’s Political Passions 42 Barbara Ransby part ii: Personal Narratives 59 4 “Tired of Giving In”: The Launching of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 61 Rosa Parks 5 “Heirs to a Legacy of Struggle”: Charlayne Hunter Integrates the University of Georgia 75 Charlayne Hunter Gault 6 “WeWanted the Voice of a Woman to Be Heard”: Black Women and the 1963 March on Washington 83 Dorothy I. Height vii viii Contents part iii: Women, Leadership, and Civil Rights 93 7 “WeSeek to Know . . . in Order to Speak the Truth”: Nurturing the Seeds of Discontent—Septima P. Clark and Participatory Leadership 95 Jacqueline A. Rouse 8 African American Women in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 121 Vicki Crawford 9 Anger, Memory, and Personal Power: Fannie Lou Hamer and Civil Rights Leadership 139 Chana Kai Lee part iv: From Civil Rights to Black Power: African American Women and Nationalism 171 10 “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”: Gloria Richardson, the Cambridge Movement, and the Radical Black Activist Tradition 174 Sharon Harley 11 Black Women and Black Power: The Case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 197 Cynthia Griggs Fleming 12 “Ironies of the Saint”: Malcolm X, Black Women, and the Price of Protection 214 Farah Jasmine Griffin 13 “No One Ever Asks What a Man’s Role in the Revolution Is”: Gender Politics and Leadership in the Black Panther Party, 1966–71 230 Tracye A. Matthews part v: Law, Feminism, and Politics 257 14 “Joanne Is You and Joanne Is Me”: AConsideration of African American Women and the “Free Joan Little” Movement, 1974–75 259 Genna Rae McNeil Contents ix 15 From the Kennedy Commission to the Combahee Collective: Black Feminist Organizing, 1960–80 280 Duchess Harris 16 The Civil Rights–Black Power Legacy: Black Women Elected Officials at the Local, State, and National Levels 306 Linda Faye Williams Selected Bibliography 333 Permissions 343 Contributors 345 Index 349 All illustrations appear as a group following page 148.
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