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.
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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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