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Thyra J. Edwards Black activist in the global freedom struggle

Title
Thyra J. Edwards [electronic resource] : Black activist in the global freedom struggle / Gregg Andrews.
Author
Andrews, Gregg.
Publication
Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (ix, 243 p.) : ill.
Summary
Annotation
Uniform Title
Thyra J. Edwards (Online)
Alternative Title
Thyra J. Edwards (Online)
Subject
  • Edwards, Thyra J., 1897-1953
  • African American women > Biography
  • African American women journalists > Biography
  • African American women civil rights workers > Biography
  • African American social workers > Biography
  • Civil rights > History > 20th century
  • Employee rights > History > 20th century
  • Spain > History > Participation, American. > Civil War, 1936-1939
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : "the spirit of Aframerican womanhood" -- Texas roots of rebellion under the chinaberry tree -- Social work and racial uplift in Gary, Indiana -- Getting a labor education in Illinois, New York, and Denmark -- Chain smoking and thinking "Black" from Red Square to Nazi Germany -- Building a popular front in Chicago -- Conducting educational travel seminars to Europe -- With Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War -- With health problems and the Spanish Loyalist refugees in Mexico -- The Double V years and marriage in New York City -- The final years in Italy.
LCCN
2012454408
OCLC
ssj0000659125
Author
Andrews, Gregg.
Title
Thyra J. Edwards [electronic resource] : Black activist in the global freedom struggle / Gregg Andrews.
Imprint
Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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