The My Hero Project - Women Had Key Roles in Civil Rights EraWomen_CivilRights_AP - 3 views
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Claire Johns on 26 Oct 10Another great article explaining the behind the scenes roles of black women in the civil rights movement. Also, this includes some of the more famous of these women.
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Margaret Sites on 03 Nov 10``After the bus boycott got going and (Martin Luther) King got involved, they wouldn't even let Rosa Parks speak at the first mass meeting,'' she said. ``She asked to speak, and one of the ministers said he thought she had done enough.'' That is so insanely demeaning! I wonder who in the movement was propagating that repression of women's voices, MLK himself seemed very willing to engage women, at least in the Anne Braden reading. Great article, i agree.