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Reverend Addie Wyatt: Faith and the Fight for Labor, Gender, and Racial Equality
Marcia Walker-McWilliams
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paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGH; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Labor leader, civil rights activist, outspoken feminist, African American clergywoman--Reverend Addie Wyatt stood at the confluence of many rivers of change in twentieth century America. The first female president of a local chapter of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, Wyatt worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Eleanor Roosevelt and appeared as one of Time magazine's Women of the Year in 1975.
Labor leader, civil rights activist, outspoken feminist, African American clergywoman--Reverend Addie Wyatt stood at the confluence of many rivers of change in twentieth century America. The first female president of a local chapter of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, Wyatt worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Eleanor Roosevelt and appeared as one of Time magazine's Women of the Year in 1975.
Marcia Walker-McWilliams tells the incredible story of Addie Wyatt and her times. What began for Wyatt as a journey to overcome poverty became a lifetime commitment to social justice and the collective struggle against economic, racial, and ... Read more
Drawing on oral histories, interviews conducted with Wyatt's colleagues and families, personal papers, and extensive archival data, Reverend Addie Wyatt is the inspiring portrait of a woman who defied injustice in its many guises.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Women in American History
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252081996
SKU
V9780252081996
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About Marcia Walker-McWilliams
Marcia Walker-McWilliams is Associate Director of Programs for the Center for Civic Leadership at Rice University.
Reviews for Reverend Addie Wyatt: Faith and the Fight for Labor, Gender, and Racial Equality
"Walker-McWilliam's book is very well researched, clearly written, and extremely well organized. . . . Reverend Addie Wyatt is an important piece of scholarship that will appeal to both scholars and nonscholars interested in social movements in history."
The Journal of Southern History "[A] compelling, well-written, definitive biography. . . . This biography of Addie Wyatt is a valuable treatment of an ... Read more
The Journal of Southern History "[A] compelling, well-written, definitive biography. . . . This biography of Addie Wyatt is a valuable treatment of an ... Read more