Mothers of Massive Resistance
Download or Read eBook Mothers of Massive Resistance PDF written by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Elizabeth Gillespie McRae |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780190271718 |
| ISBN-13 | : 019027171X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Mothers of Massive Resistance by : Elizabeth Gillespie McRae
Book excerpt: Examining racial segregation from 1920s to the 1970s this book explores the grassroots workers who maintained the system of racial segregation. For decades white women performed duties that upheld white over black: censoring textbooks, deciding on the racial identity of their neighbors, celebrating school choice, and lobbying elected officials. They instilled beliefs in racial hierarchies in their children, built national networks, and experimented with a color-blind political discourse. White women's segregationist politics stretched across the nation, overlapping with and shaping the rise of the New Right.
