Research Catalog

Title

Invisible activists [electronic resource] : women of the Louisiana NAACP and the struggle for civil rights, 1915-1945 / Lee Sartain.

Author

Sartain, Lee.

Publication

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.

Details

Description

1 online resource (212 p.)

Uniform Title

Invisible activists (Online)

Alternative Title

Invisible activists (Online)

Subject

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > History > 20th century
• African American women civil rights workers > Louisiana > History > 20th century
• African American women political activists > Louisiana > History > 20th century
• African Americans > Civil rights > History > Louisiana > 20th century
• Civil rights movements > Louisiana > History > 20th century
• Louisiana > Race relations > History > 20th century

Note

• "Winner of the Jules and Frances Landry Award for 2007"--P. [i].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction -- Weapons of the utmost value : NAACP organizational history, 1909-1945 -- The sympathy of women : Black women's involvement in Louisiana civil rights up to 1920 -- Destined to bring splendid results : NAACP women's auxiliaries and networks, 1921-1945 -- God's valiant minority : teachers and civil rights -- Leaders who persevere : elected officials -- We are but Americans : Miss Georgia M. Johnson -- Conclusion.

LCCN

2006024807

OCLC

ssj0000280965

Author

Sartain, Lee.

Title

Invisible activists [electronic resource] : women of the Louisiana NAACP and the struggle for civil rights, 1915-1945 / Lee Sartain.

Imprint

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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