Crossroads of Protest: Historical Connections Between Racial Justice and Other Justice Movements
There are both historical and ongoing connections between the movement for racial justice and other social movements. This guide highlights the historical connection between the racial justice movement and the fight for a broad range of human rights.
Protesting for Women’s Rights : A Racial Justice Connection
Uncredited photo Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images; Members of the Black Riders, a new generation
of the Black Panther Party, participate in a rally in South Los Angeles on April 29, 2012.
Print Books about Women's Rights and Racial Justice
Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 by Publication Date: 2009-01-30
Wednesdays in Mississippi: Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964 by Publication Date: 2014-08-30
Reverend Addie Wyatt: Faith and the Fight for Labor, Gender, and Racial Equality by Publication Date: 2016-09-30
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Publication Date: 2013-01-29
The Feminist Revolution: the Struggle for Women's Liberation by ISBN: 9781588346124Publication Date: 2018-03-06
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Publication Date: 2018-01-30
eBooks about Women's Rights and Racial Justice
Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women's Political Activism by Publication Date: 2003-03-14
Want to Start a Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle by ISBN: 0814733123Publication Date: 2009-11-01
Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement by Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis by Publication Date: 2017-07-28
The Freedom Quilting Bee: Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement by Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Videos about Women's Rights and Racial Justice
Websites about Women's Rights and Racial Justice
- The Revolutionary Practice of Black Feminisms"The black feminist tradition grows not out of other movements, but out of the condition of being both black and a woman. It is a long tradition which resists easy definition and is characterized by its multi-dimensional approach to liberation."
- Black Women in Black Power" Many of the black women making headlines today for their work in advancing civil rights and social justice ideals draw from these earlier traditions, including from the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 70s."
- Between Two Worlds: Black Women and the Fight for Voting RightsDetails the marginalization of Black women in both the women's suffrage movement and the movement for civil rights.
- Black feminism and intersectionality"This article [attempts] to show how Black feminists since the time of slavery have developed a distinct political tradition based upon a systematic analysis of the interlocking oppressions of race, gender, and class."