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Author Gillespie, Deanna M., author.

Title The Citizenship Education Program and black women's political culture / Deanna M. Gillespie ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 260 pages) : illustrations
Series Southern dissent
Southern dissent.
Contents "We're Going to Learn Together": Groundwork on Johns Island, South Carolina, 1948-1957 -- "New Outposts in the Growing Movement": Citizenship Schools in South Carolina and Alabama, 1958-1961 -- "Bring This Community Leadership Program to Your Town and County": Groundwork in Southeastern Georgia, 1960-1961 -- "Say It Is for Citizenship": Citizenship Education in Southeastern Georgia, 1961-1964 -- "We Shall Overcome Today": Groundwork in the Mississippi Delta, 1961-1963 -- Freedom Days: Citizenship Education in Mississippi, 1963-1965 -- "So Much Taking Place . . . So Rapidly": Citizenship Education in Mississippi and Alabama, 1965-1967 -- The Citizenship Education Program's "Second Phase," 1966-1969
Summary "This book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2021)
Subject Citizenship Education Program -- History
SUBJECT Citizenship Education Program fast
Subject African American women civil rights workers -- History
African American women -- Political activity -- History
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African American women civil rights workers
African American women -- Political activity
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Harrold, Stanley, writer of foreword.
Miller, Randall M., writer of foreword.
LC no. 2021007605
ISBN 0813057868
9780813057866