Throwing Off the Cloak of Privilege: White Southern Women Activists in the Civil Rights Era

by Gail S. Murray

Book Overview

"An important new dimension to the study of civil rights and southern society. The essays] chronicle the mostly untold story of southern white women--wives, mothers, club members--who possessed the moral courage to challenge Jim Crow traditions."--Jack Davis, University of Alabama, Birmingham

"Rich and insightful assessments of southern white women of privilege who chose to throw off the mantle of protection provided by race in order to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813027268
• ISBN13: 9780813027265
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"