Shannon Frystak: 3 books
Our Minds on Freedom
Women and the Struggle for Black Equality in Louisiana, 1924-1967
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Traditionally, literature on the civil rights movement has highlighted the leadership of ministerial men and young black revolutionaries like the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and Malcolm X. Though recent studies have begun to explore female participation in the struggle for...
Louisiana Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, volume 2, highlights the significant historical contributions of some of Louisiana’s most noteworthy and also overlooked women from the eighteenth century to the present. This volume underscores the cultural, social, and political distinctiveness of the state...
by Caroline Emmons, Dwonna Naomi Goldstone, Bobby L. Lovett
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
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WINNER 2013 of the Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, presented by the Texas State Historical Association
Throughout the South, black women were crucial to the Civil Rights Movement, serving as grassroots and organizational...