Black Women’s Christian Activism : : Seeking Social Justice in a Northern Suburb / / Betty Livingston Adams.
2017 Wilbur Non-Fiction Award RecipientWinner of the 2018 Author's Award in scholarly non-fiction, presented by the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Winner, 2020 Kornitzer Book Prize, given by Drew UniversityExamines the oft overlooked role of non-elite black women in the growth of northern...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “Please Allow Me Space” Race and Faith in the Suburbs
- 2 “A Great Work for God and Humanity” African American Christian Women and Organized Social Reform
- 3 “The Home Away from Home” Suffrage, War, and Civic Righteousness
- 4 “Unholy and Unchristian Attitude” Interracial Dialogue in Segregated Spaces, 1920–1937
- 5 “Putting Real American Ideals in American Life” Church Women and Electoral Politics
- 6 “Carthage Must Be Destroyed” Health, Housing, and the New Deal
- Conclusion “You Just as Well Die with the Ague as with the Fever”
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author