Keep on fighting : : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / / Dorothy H. Christenson ; introduction by Mary E. Frederickson.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Athens : : Ohio University Press,, [2015] 2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (195 pages) :; illustrations, portraits |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. A remarkable family in twentieth-century Gallipolis, Ohio
- The Alexander family
- Education and voting
- School days
- Part II. Becoming a citizen activist
- Cincinnati, another world
- The University of Cincinnati
- A lifetime partner
- Marriage, family, and the YWCA
- Homeownership, new part-time job
- Woman's city club and fellowship house
- Part III. Family life
- New career
- Family values and celebrations
- Family travels; at home and abroad
- Fox Lake
- Personal journeys
- Part IV. Desegregation suits and continuing battles
- Coney Island
- School segregation
- Cincinnati City Council
- Fair housing
- Reproductive rights
- Voting rights
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.