Until There Is Justice: The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman PDF
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UNTIL THERE IS JUSTICE UNTIL THERE IS JUSTICE The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman Jennifer Scanlon 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2016 First Edition published in 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Cataloging-in-Publication data is on file at the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-19-024859-8 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed by Edwards Brothers, USA Frontispiece: Anna Arnold Hedgeman looks out between A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King Jr. The photograph invites us to take her seriously in a movement in which they all played vital roles. Courtesy National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center We will not rest until there is justice in our beloved country and we know that as justice comes to all Americans, it will come in increasing measure to the people of the world. anna arnold hedgeman, The Trumpet Sounds CONTENTS Prologue: A Purposeful Life 1 1. A Midwestern Childhood 5 2. Education: The First Measure of Independence 13 3. Teaching in the Segregated South 27 4. Heading North to Spread the Word: The YWCA Years 47 5. Harlem and Brooklyn in the Great Depression 65 6. World War II: A Time for Racial Justice 83 7. Fighting for Fair Employment, Fighting for Truman 99 8. “New World Citizen”: Developing a National Portfolio, an International Consciousness, and an FBI File 117 9. Running for Office 135 10. “A Burr in the Saddle”: Anna Arnold Hedgeman, White Protestants, and the March on Washington 151 11. The “Double Handicap of Race and Sex”: African American Women and the March on Washington 163 12. The Commission on Religion and Race 173 13. Moving the Justice Fight North 189 14. Black Power, Woman Power 203 15. Refusing Retirement: The Hedgeman Consultant Service 213 Epilogue: Fighting for Heaven, Right Here on Earth 229 Acknowledgments 233 Notes 237 Bibliography 285 Index 301 UNTIL THERE IS JUSTICE
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