"African American Women" in Congress details the life and career histories of Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Yvonne Burke, Cardiss Collins, Katie Hall, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Maxine Waters, Barbara-Rose Collins, Carol Moseley-Braun, Corinne Brown, Carrie Meek, Cynthia McKinney, Eva Clayton, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Sheila Jackson-Lee. Arranged chronologically, the book introduces the reader to issues of vital importance to the Black community--Reconstruction, enfranchisement, lynchings and harassment, civil rights ...
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"African American Women" in Congress details the life and career histories of Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Yvonne Burke, Cardiss Collins, Katie Hall, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Maxine Waters, Barbara-Rose Collins, Carol Moseley-Braun, Corinne Brown, Carrie Meek, Cynthia McKinney, Eva Clayton, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Sheila Jackson-Lee. Arranged chronologically, the book introduces the reader to issues of vital importance to the Black community--Reconstruction, enfranchisement, lynchings and harassment, civil rights struggles, the founding of advocacy groups, the power of the Congressional Black Caucus, the creation of majority minority districts that allowed greater representation in Congress, the struggle of largely Black Washington, D.C., for representation, and the recent dismantling of past gains by a Republican majority. For general readers, high school and college students, and anyone interested in the political process, this book is illuminating and inspiring reading.
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Very Good. Size: 9x7x0; Presumed first ed.; 272 p., clean and unmarked except for former owner's name on front end page; inlaid press release from publisher; photosd; binding firm; clean glossy photographic d.j. has minimal wear.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Photos, index, xi, 272p. Original cloth backed boards. dj, 25 cm. INSCRIBED on half-title ("To Yvette Le Roy How wonderful it is to meet women who continued to exhibit the qualities that these women possess--perseverence, faith & courage. Thank you for your support. LaVerne 8/2/97"). Yvette Le Roy, the inscribee, owned Liberty House, a bookshop in Harlem between 1969 and 1979, which offered a place during that decade for a lot of African American authors to promote their books.
