Hope in the struggle : a memoir

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"Young Black people have repeatedly asked Johnson why she continues to work on social justice issues and how she manages to retain hope. She publishes this book hoping current and future generations will remember the strength of their ancestors, learn from her story, continue the struggle, and...

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Main Author: Johnson, Josie R., 1930- (Author)
Other Authors: Holbrook, Carolyn (Carolyn L.) (Contributor), Little, Arleta (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Johnson, Josie R., > 1930-
1900-1999
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
Social justice > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Minnesota > Minneapolis > Biography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Activists.
African American women civil rights workers
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Social conditions
Civil rights workers
Social justice
Minneapolis (Minn.) > Biography.
Minnesota > Minneapolis
United States
Biographies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Family Values
  • Fisk University: Racial Pride and Social Uplift
  • A Growing Family, A Wider World
  • Minneapolis
  • The Urban League and Fighting for Fair Housing
  • The March on Washington
  • Black Women in the Struggle and Wednesdays in Mississippi
  • Making Our Way
  • Teaching Our History
  • Colorado and New Challenges
  • Back to School
  • Home to Minneapolis
  • Our Patrice
  • The Eastcliff Gathering
  • Diversity and the University
  • A New Appointment, the Same Mission
  • Retirement.

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