Index
| Abernathy, Ralph David, 66, 69, 70, 74 | |
| ABWH. See Association of Black Women Historians | |
| ACCA. See Atlanta Committee for Cooperative Action | |
| Adams, Malika, 245 | |
| AFDC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children | |
| African Americans: attitudes toward women in politics, 311–12; and philanthropy, 83; and political participation, multiple models of, 318–19; poverty among, 185 | |
| African American women: activists, marginalization of, 121, 188–89; and black counterpublic, 319; black nationalism and, 293, 316; in Black Panther Party, 234, 243–47, 248–49, 316; in Black Power Movement, 171–73, 207; and Black Power Movement, frustration with, 288; blame on, 250; in Civil Rights Movement, 9–10, 60, 211; color hierarchy and, 220–21; electoral success of, reasons for, 310–15; faith connection of, 129–30, 136; feminist consciousness of, 60; and feminist organizing, 237–38, 280–301; and grassroots leadership, 96–97, 112, 115–16; in Kennedy Commission, 281, 285–86; in leadership positions, 93, 175, 188; and Malcolm X, appeal of, 214–15, 223–24; in military, 30–31; in MFDP, 125–33, 135–36; in NOW, 286–87; and patriarchy, 216; political ambitions of, 313; and protection, promise of, 215–19; in public service, 12, 32, 258, 306–27; in quest for equality, 89; sisterhood among, development of, 257, 267–68; in SNCC, 204–5; subjectivity of, 139; violence against, 153–54, 298–99; vs. white women, as percentage of elected officials, 309–10; and womanhood, exclusion from, 244. See also specific women | |
| African women, experiences in New World, 1–2 | |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 285 | |
| AKA. See Alpha Kappa Alpha | |
| Alabama: Montgomery Bus Boycott, 43, 59, 61–74; NAACP in, 69 | |
| Alexander, Margaret Walker, 224 | |
| Alexander, Sadie T. M., 34, 73 | |
| ALFA. See Alliance of Lesbian Feminists of Atlanta | |
| Allen, Elizabeth, 160 | |
| Allen, Louis, 160 | |
| Alliance of Lesbian Feminists of Atlanta (ALFA), 273 | |
| Alligood, Clarence, 259–60, 264 | |
| Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), 28, 320; and civil rights activism, 28–29, 37, 38; and Mississippi Health Project, 28; Non-Partisan Council on Public Affairs, 28, 31, 32; “Recommendations for Peace,” 31–32; and Summer School for Rural Negro Teachers, 28; during World War II, 29–31 | |
| Alpha Phi Alpha, 320 | |
| American Council on Human Rights, 32, 37 | |
| Angelou, Maya, 310 | |
| anger: Fannie Lou Hamer and, 142, 161; as personal power, 140 | |
| antilynching campaign, 34; GavaganWagner-Van Nuys bill, 22; New Jersey State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and, 23–24 | |
| Archie-Hudson, Margaret, 306, 317 | |
| armed services. See military |
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Publication information:
Book title: Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement.
Contributors: Bettye Collier-Thomas - Editor, V. P. Franklin - Editor.
Publisher: New York University Press.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2001.
Page number: 349.
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