Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi

by Tiyi M. Morris

Book Overview

In Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi, Tiyi M. Morris provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Founded in 1961 by Clarie Collins Harvey, the organization was created initially to provide aid to the Freedom Riders who were unjustly arrested and then tortured in Mississippi jails. Womanpower Unlimited expanded its activism to include...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820347302
• ISBN13: 9780820347301
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"