The Citizenship Education Program and black women's political culture /

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillespie, Deanna M. (Author)
Other Authors: Harrold, Stanley (writer of foreword.), Miller, Randall M. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2021]
Series:Southern dissent.
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Table of 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