Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At the dark end of the street

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

699764927

Responsibility statement

Danielle L. McGuire

Sub title

black women, rape, and resistance-- a new history of the civil rights movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power

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

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- 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

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