Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement

During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women were generally not in the headlines; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the movement, they remain mostly invisible to the larger public. Beyond Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Dorothy Height, most Americans, black and white alike, would be hard-pressed to name other leaders at the community, local, and national levels. In Lighting the Fires of Freedom Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women's all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement.

Author: Janet Dewart Bell

Publisher: The New Press

Publication Date: January 07, 2020

Number of Pages: 240 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1620975580

ISBN-13: 9781620975589