Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women
Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women

Author: Elaine M. Smith

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9781528566148

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Excerpt from Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women: Pursuing a True and Unfettered Democracy; For the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, National Historic Site, National Park Service Use of such rich primary sources undergirds this investigation, which is to provide a historical framework for future interpretive and cultural resource management efforts. Viewed from the angle of Washington, it is organized into two divisions: one roughly predates Mary Bethune's establishment of a ncnw headquarters building; the other postdates it. First, however, the ncnw Founder is presented in the Introduction, Uncommon Woman, especially in relation to the council, that organization of women's organizations. In part One, Becoming a Compelling Presence: the New Deal and Beyond, two chapters focus on ncnw history March Towards Empowerment, discusses the creation of the council, carrying the story to its first nationally recognized milestone, a White House Conference; and Hallmarks of Growth and Relevancy takes it into the World War H period. The other chapter, Womanist Leader in Government, emphasizes Bethune's leadership for youth and all black America. It informs other chapters by revealing a basis for her ability to hold the sometimes fractious National Council together and promote its agenda. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Strategic Sisterhood
Strategic Sisterhood

Author: Rebecca Tuuri

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2018-04-09

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1469638916

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When women were denied a major speaking role at the 1963 March on Washington, Dorothy Height, head of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), organized her own women's conference for the very next day. Defying the march's male organizers, Height helped harness the womanpower waiting in the wings. Height's careful tactics and quiet determination come to the fore in this first history of the NCNW, the largest black women's organization in the United States at the height of the civil rights, Black Power, and feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Offering a sweeping view of the NCNW's behind-the-scenes efforts to fight racism, poverty, and sexism in the late twentieth century, Rebecca Tuuri examines how the group teamed with U.S. presidents, foundations, and grassroots activists alike to implement a number of important domestic development and international aid projects. Drawing on original interviews, extensive organizational records, and other rich sources, Tuuri's work narrates the achievements of a set of seemingly moderate, elite activists who were able to use their personal, financial, and social connections to push for change as they facilitated grassroots, cooperative, and radical activism.