Boycotts, buses, and passes : Black women's resistance in the U.S. South and South Africa / Pamela E. Brooks
| Author(s): | Brooks, Pamela E., 1952- |
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| Subjects: | African American women--Southern States--Political activity--History--20th century African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century Government, Resistance to--Southern States--History--20th century Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century Women, Black--South Africa--Political activity--History--20th century Blacks--Civil rights--South Africa--History--20th century Government, Resistance to--South Africa--History--20th century Civil rights movements--South Africa--History--20th century Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century South Africa--Race relations--History--20th century |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2008 |
| LC Classification: | E |
| Table of Contents: | Introduction 1 Ch. 1. In the Beginning: Early Resistance among Enslaved and Free Women, 1721-1870 11 Ch. 2. No Wash or Pass: Institution Building, Migration, and Protest, 1867-1918 38 Ch. 3. When We Were Just Girls: Rural Life Challenges in Black Belt Alabama and Pre-apartheid South Africa, 1920s-1940s 62 Ch. 4. "Looking for better": Montgomery, Johannesburg, and the Urban Context, 1920s-1940s 99 Ch. 5. "My politics were influenced from the trade union": Raising Political Consciousness, 1930s-1940s 118 Ch. 6. Launching New Networks: Black Women Organizing for Change, 1940-1950 148 Ch. 7. "Put my foot in the road and walked!": Black Women Lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1950-1961 179 Ch. 8. "We will not ride!" - "We don't want passes!": South African Women Rising in Political Movement, 1950-1960 202 Conclusion 239 Notes 247 Index 293 Illustrations follow page 98 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2008031443 ISBN: 9781558496781 (paper : alk. paper) ISBN: 1558496785 (paper : alk. paper) ISBN: 9781558496767 (library cloth : alk. paper) ISBN: 1558496769 (library cloth : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-291) and index |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 304 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 229308870 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9781558496781 1558496785 9781558496767 1558496769 |