Strategic Sisterhood: The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle (Hardback)
Reseña del libro "Strategic Sisterhood: The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle (Hardback)"
When women were denied a major speaking role at the 1963 March on Washington, Dorothy Height, head of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), organized her own women s conference for the very next day. Defying the march s male organizers, Height helped harness the womanpower waiting in the wings. Height s careful tactics and quiet determination come to the fore in this first history of the NCNW, the largest black women s organization in the United States at the height of the civil rights, Black Power, and feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s.Offering a sweeping view of the NCNW s behind-the-scenes efforts to fight racism, poverty, and sexism in the late twentieth century, Rebecca Tuuri examines how the group teamed with U.S. presidents, foundations, and grassroots activists alike to implement a number of important domestic development and international aid projects. Drawing on original interviews, extensive organizational records, and other rich sources, Tuuri s work narrates the achievements of a set of seemingly moderate, elite activists who were able to use their personal, financial, and social connections to push for change as they facilitated grassroots, cooperative, and radical activism._,
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