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Title At the dark end of the street : black women, rape, and resistance- a new history of the civil rights movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power / Danielle L. McGuire.
Author McGuire, Danielle L.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition 1st ed.

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 Purdy-Kresge Library  E 185.61 .M4777 2010    CHECKED IN
 UGL Circ Desk 2 Hour Reserve  E 185.61 .M4777 2010    CHECKED IN
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AFS/GSW 5110 ZE WINTERS, LISA
Description xxii, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note "Borzoi Book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.
Contents Prologue: at the dark end of the street -- They'd kill me if I told -- Negroes every day are being molested -- Walking in pride and dignity -- There's open season on Negroes now -- It was like all of us had been raped -- A black woman's body was never hers alone -- Sex and civil rights -- Power to the ice pick -- Epilogue: we all lived in fear for years.
Summary A history of America's civil rights movement traces the pivotal influence of sexual violence that victimized African American women for centuries, revealing Rosa Parks's contributions as an anti-rape activist years before her heroic bus protest.
Subject African American women -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
African American women -- Violence against -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Rape -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780307269065 (alk. paper)
030726906X (alk. paper)
OCLC # 503042152
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