Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965

ISBN 10: 1604731079 / ISBN 13: 9781604731071

Published by University Press of Mississippi, 2009

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Synopsis:

Historians have long agreed that women--black and white--were instrumental in shaping the civil rights movement. Until recently, though, such claims have not been supported by easily accessed texts of speeches and addresses. With this first-of-its-kind anthology, Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon present thirty-nine full-text addresses by women who spoke out while the struggle was at its most intense. Beginning with the Brown decision in 1954 and extending through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the editors chronicle the unique and important rhetorical contributions made by such well-known activists as Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Daisy Bates, Lillian Smith, Mamie Till-Mobley, Lorraine Hansberry, Dorothy Height, and Rosa Parks. They also include speeches from lesser-known but influential leaders such as Della Sullins, Marie Foster, Johnnie Carr, Jane Schutt, and Barbara Posey. Nearly every speech was discovered in local, regional, or national archives, and many are published or transcribed from audiotape here for the first time. Houck and Dixon introduce each speaker and occasion with a headnote highlighting key biographical and background details. The editors also provide a general introduction that places these public addresses in context. Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 gives voice to stalwarts whose passionate orations were vital to every phase of a movement that changed America.

About the Author: Davis W. Houck is associate professor of communication at Florida State University. He is the author, with Matthew A. Grindy, of Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press (University Press of Mississippi), among other books. |David E. Dixon is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph's College (Indiana). With Houck he coedited Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-...
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good