A brick and a Bible : Black women's activism in the Midwest during the Great Depression /

A brick and a Bible : Black women's activism in the Midwest during the Great Depression /

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Author / Creator:	Ford, Melissa, 1987- author.
Imprint:	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2022]
Description:	xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Writing research, pedagogy, and policy Writing research, pedagogy, and policy.
Subject:	African American women political activists -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century. African American radicals -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century. Radicalism -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century. Feminism -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century. Communism -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century. African American radicals. African American women political activists. Communism. Feminism. Race relations. Radicalism. Middle West -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. Middle West. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12729082

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ISBN:	9780809338559 0809338556 9780809338566
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-213) and index.
Summary:	"During the early Great Depression, African American women in the Midwest directly engaged with members of the American Communist Party to fight unemployment, hunger, homelessness, and racial discrimination in the workplace. This book highlights these struggles and brings them to the forefront of Black radicalism during the Great Depression, focusing on the cities of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and St. Louis"--
Other form:	Online version: Ford, Melissa, 1987- Brick and a Bible [Carbondale, Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, [2021] 9780809338566

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