L. Williams

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Servants of the People (eBook, PDF)

The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership

Beschreibung

This revised and expanded edition traces the lives of key American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause, including A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Ella Baker.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 2.76MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

LEA E. WILLIAMS is an independent scholar and a senior administrator at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. She is the former executive director of the Women's Leadership Institute at Bennett College and the National African-American Women's Leadership Institute, Inc.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137066350
• Artikelnr.: 46923305

Rezensionen

Praise for the first edition:

"An informative and illuminating study of African-American leaders in the Sixties . . . A fascinating journey through the lives of those who gave the Civil Rights movement its foundation." - Library Journal

"A helpful supplement where leadership issues are being debated." - Booklist