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Women of the Civil Rights Movement« Thread Started on Oct 31

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Women of the Civil Rights Movement« Thread Started on Oct 31, 2005, 2:51am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Women of the Civil Rights MovementDeath of Rosa Parks focuses new attention on these heroines of freedomread source: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/ ... women.html By JOHN BLAKEThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 10/31/05 When Rosa Parks died Oct. 24 at 92, tributes poured in from around the world for the woman who refused to give up her seat on a city bus in 1955, sparking the pivotal Montgomery bus boycott.Yet there were plenty of other women in the civil rights movement, which historians agree was rife with sexism, who never got the attention they deserved. AP(ENLARGE) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, chats with his wife, Coretta (left), and civil rights attorney Constance Baker Motley before the start of an SCLC banquet on Aug. 9, 1965. Motley, who was later a federal judge, died last month.MOST POPULAR STORIESHundreds arrested in Wisconsin as police raid Halloween revelry crowds Texas Pastor Electrocuted During Baptism Ghost hunter lured by spectral voice Hard-up students take begging online Radcliffe Talks About Growing Up Potter EMAIL THISPRINT THISMOST POPULAR "Women were not the out-in-front spokesmen in the movement," said Vicki L. Crawford, co-editor of "Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965." "That was reflective of societal customs. Men led and women were organizing in the background, but these women were just as critical."Some of these women were so extraordinary, though, that they became known despite the sexism of some movement leaders. Coretta Scott KingWife of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Instrumental in keeping King's legacy alive by pushing for the national observance of his holiday and creating the King Center, a site devoted to preserving his philosophy of nonviolence. Constance Baker MotleyMotley fought for civil rights in the legal system. As an attorney, she won nine of the 10 cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the 1962 case in which James Meredith won admission to the University of Mississippi. In 1966, she was the first black woman to become a federal judge. Motley died last month at 84. Fannie Lou HamerOne of the most charismatic leaders to emerge from the civil rights movement. She was a sharecropper in Mississippi who was part of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party that gained attention at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Her public testimony at the convention, where she asked, "Is this America?," was so riveting that President Lyndon B. Johnson hastily arranged a television news conference to draw attention away from her. Ella BakerBaker co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders but eventually left because she felt stymied by sexism in the group. She also disagreed with the SCLC over tactics. She went on to help organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, becoming a mentor to young activists. Unita Blackwell The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers, Blackwell became the first black woman elected mayor in her native state. She was arrested at least 75 times and was the target of numerous firebombs and burning crosses. When asked about the risks she took, Blackwell said, 'If I die, I die for something." Viola LiuzzoAn important martyr in the movement. Liuzzo was a Detroit housewife who went to Selma, Ala., in 1965 to help register black voters. She was shot to death by Ku Klux Klansmen. Her death is a reminder that ordinary white people gave their lives in the movement as well. Virginia DurrOnce called a "Southern belle turned liberal activist." In 1955, she accompanied her husband, Clifford, to Montgomery's jail to post bond for Rosa Parks. The Durrs were ostracized for supporting civil rights. Constance Curry Activist and film producer, Curry was the first white woman appointed to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's executive board. She worked to desegregate Mississippi schools and increase voter registration among blacks for the American Friends Service Committee. She is the author of "Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement" and lives in Atlanta. Elaine Brown The only woman to head the Black Panther Party. Brown took over after Huey Newton, the party's co-founder, left the country. In her searing memoir, "A Taste of Power," Brown writes eloquently about trying to fight racism and sexism on the front lines of the civil rights movement. A popular lecturer, Brown lives in Georgia. Victoria Gray Adams A co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, she became the first black woman to be invited as a guest on the floor of the U.S. House when she went there to complain about election fraud in her state. She was the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate from Mississippi. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------RESOURCES: Films: "Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders," a documentary on the lives of black women who helped lead the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the 1950s and '60s. "Eyes on the Prize" documentary by the late Henry Hampton. Books: "Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965," by Vicki Crawford, Jacqueline Rouse, Barbara Woods. "Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970," by Lynne Olson. "Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It," by Joann Robinson. "Sisters in the Struggle: African-American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement" by Bettye Collier-Thomas.
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