Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool : : Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice / / Kathryn L. Nasstrom.
Frances Freeborn Pauley, a white woman who grew up in the segregated South, has devoted most of her ninety-four years to the battle against discrimination and prejudice. A champion of civil rights and racial justice and an advocate for the poor and disenfranchised, Pauley's tenacity as an activ...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 1 map, 19 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Life Story Of Frances Freeborn Pauley
- 1. Born in Ohio, Raised in Georgia
- 2. "About this time I began to hate the rich": The Depression and World War II
- 3. "I wasn't going to belong to anything that was all white": Democracy and Desegregation
- 4. "Trying to make a bridge": The Civil Rights Movement
- 5. "An equal chance for education": The Federal Government and School Desegregation
- 6. "Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody' s Fool": Advocate for the Poor
- 7. "Mother PUJ": Frances Pauley in Retirement
- "Talking for a Purpose": Storytelling and Activism in the Life of Frances Freeborn Pauley
- Editorial Method and Commentary
- Notes on Sources
- Index