Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement

by Bell, Janet Dewart
4.7 out of 5 Customer Rating
ISBN: 9781620975589
Availability:
$8.99
Used - Trade Paperback - 9781620975589
3 Offers Available See Details

Available Offers

FreeShipping
See Details
Back to Available Offers
Offer Details
AvijitShipping
Save $0.50 off one item
See Details
Back to Available Offers
Offer Details
Save $0.50 off
20% Off in Cart
See Details
Back to Available Offers
Offer Details
Get 20% off on pre-owned items, available in store and online. Offer valid May 25-27, 2024. This offer cannot be combined with other discounts or coupons and does not apply to previous purchases. Offer cannot be used to buy gift cards or items labeled as 'New' on HPB.com. Sale prices will be reflected in your cart.
Pickup at HPB West Lane Avenue Out of stock at HPB West Lane Avenue Check other stores
FREE
Ship to Me
$3.99

Overview

Recommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle

Nominated for a 2019 NAACP image award, a groundbreaking collection of profiles of African American women leaders in the twentieth-century fight for civil rights

During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women did not stand on ceremony; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant contributions at all levels of the Movement, they remain mostly invisible to the larger public. Beyond Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King, most Americans would be hard-pressed to name other leaders at the community, local, and national levels. In Lighting the Fires of Freedom, Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women's all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement.

Kirkus Reviews described Lighting the Fires of Freedom as "candid testimony from impressive and influential women," and Publishers Weekly called it "a valuable and enlightening companion to other accounts of the movement." Through wide-ranging conversations with nine women, including Myrlie Evers, Leah Chase, and June Jackson Christmas--several now in their nineties with decades of previously untold stories--we hear what ignited and fueled their activism. Bell vividly captures their inspiring voices.

Lighting the Fires of Freedom offers these deeply personal and intimate accounts of extraordinary struggles for justice that resulted in profound social change, stories that are vital and relevant today.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Bell, Janet Dewart
  • ISBN: 9781620975589
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.50 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 240
  • Publication Year: 2020

Customer Reviews