03396cam a2200517 4500 527221664 TxAuBib 20211107120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781620973363 1620973367 B076VKQ51P Amazon eb283971-c67f-414f-ab82-15855d87744f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3625096 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bell, Janet Dewart. Lighting the Fires of Freedom [OverDrive] : African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement. The New Press, 2018. Civil Rights. women. African American. Oral History. twentieth century. Diane Nash. Aileen Hernandez. Derek Bell. Gay McDougall. Gloria Richardson. Judy Richardson. June Jackson Christmas. Kathleen Cleaver. Leah Chase. Myrlie Evers. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 12MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 12MB. History. Politics. Women's Studies. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><strong>Recommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle</strong></p> <p><strong>Nominated for a 2019 NAACP Image Award, a groundbreaking collection of profiles of African American women leaders in the twentieth-century fight for civil rights</strong></p> <p>During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women did not stand on ceremony; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the movement, they remain mostly invisible to the larger public. Beyond Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King, most Americans would be hard-pressed to name other leaders at the community, local, and national levels.</p> <p>In Lighting the Fires of Freedom Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women's all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement. Through wide-ranging conversations with nine women, several now in their nineties with decades of untold stories, we hear what ignited and fueled their activism, as Bell vividly captures their inspiring voices. Lighting the Fires of Freedom offers these deeply personal and intimate accounts of extraordinary struggles for justice that resulted in profound social change, stories that are vital and relevant today.</p> <p>A vital document for understanding the Civil Rights Movement, Lighting the Fires of Freedom is an enduring testament to the vitality of women's leadership during one of the most dramatic periods of American history.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eb283971-c67f-414f-ab82-15855d87744f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eb283971-c67f-414f-ab82-15855d87744f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eb283971-c67f-414f-ab82-15855d87744f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)