Witnessing and Testifying

by Rosetta E. Ross

Book Overview

After a chapter exploring black women's religious context and presenting early examples of this work by women of the ante-bellum and post-Reconstruction eras, Ross looks at seven civil rights activists who continue this tradition. They are Ella Josephine Baker, Septima Poinsette Clark, Fannie Lou Hamer, Victoria Way DeLee, Clara Muhammad, Diane Nash, and Ruby Doris Smith Robinson. In a fascinating narrative style that draws on biography, social history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800636031
• ISBN13: 9780800636036
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"