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At the dark end of the street : black women, rape, and resistance- a new history of the civil rights movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power / Danielle L. McGuire.
Publication details: New York : Vintage Books 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780307269065 (alk. paper)
- African American women -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century
- African American women -- Violence against -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century
- Rape -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- 323.1196 MCG 22
- E185.61 .M4777 2010
Contents:
Prologue: at the dark end of the street -- They'd kill me if I told -- Negroes every day are being molested -- Walking in pride and dignity -- There's open season on Negroes now -- It was like all of us had been raped -- A black woman's body was never hers alone -- Sex and civil rights -- Power to the ice pick -- Epilogue: we all lived in fear for years.
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"Borzoi Book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.
Prologue: at the dark end of the street -- They'd kill me if I told -- Negroes every day are being molested -- Walking in pride and dignity -- There's open season on Negroes now -- It was like all of us had been raped -- A black woman's body was never hers alone -- Sex and civil rights -- Power to the ice pick -- Epilogue: we all lived in fear for years.
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