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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Scanlon, Jennifer (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Until there is justice [Texte imprimé] : the life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman / Jennifer Scanlon
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University Press, 2016
Description matérielle : 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index
In Until There Is Justice, author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography
of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism,
Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century's most important developments,
including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice. Simultaneously
a dignified woman and scrappy freedom fighter, Hedgeman's life upends conventional
understandings of many aspects of the civil rights and feminist movements. She worked
as a teacher, lobbyist, politician, social worker, and activist, often crafting and
implementing policy behind the scenes. Although she repeatedly found herself a woman
among men, a black American among whites, and a secular Christian among clergy, she
maintained her conflicting identities and worked alongside others to forge a common
humanity
Sujet(s) : Hedgeman, Anna Arnold (1899-1990)
Noires américaines -- Droits -- 20e siècle
Noires américaines -- Droits -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis)
Mouvements des droits civiques -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- 20e siècle
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
323.092 (23e éd.) = Droits civils et droits politiques - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190248598 (rel.). - ISBN 0190248599
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb456947406
Notice n° :
FRBNF45694740
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prologue: a purposeful life ; A midwestern childhood ; Education: the first measure
of independence ; Teaching in the segregated south ; Heading north to spread the
word: the YWCA years ; Harlem and Brooklyn in the great depression ; World War II:
a time for racial justice ; Fighting for fair employment, fighting for Truman ;
"New world citizen": developing a national portfolio, an international consciousness,
and an FBI file ; Running for office ; "A burr in the saddle": Anna Arnold Hedgeman,
white Protestants, and the March on Washington ; The "double handicap of race and
sex": African American women and the March on Washington ; The Commission on Religion
and Race ; Moving the justice fight north ; Black power, woman power ; Refusing
retirement: the Hedgeman Consultant Service ; Epilogue: fighting for heaven, right
here on earth.
