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Until there is justice :

0190248599

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Until there is justice :

[Book]

the life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman /

Jennifer Scanlon

First edition

321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :

illustrations, portraits ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-300) and index

Prologue: a purposeful life -- A midwestern childhood -- Education: the first measure of independence -- Teaching in the segregated south -- Heading north to spread the word: the YWCA years -- Harlem and Brooklyn in the great depression -- World War II: a time for racial justice -- Fighting for fair employment, fighting for Truman -- "New world citizen": developing a national portfolio, an international consciousness, and an FBI file -- Running for office -- "A burr in the saddle": Anna Arnold Hedgeman, white protestants, and the March on Washington -- The "double handicap of race and sex": African American women and the March on Washington -- The Commission on Religion and Race -- Moving the justice fight north -- Black power, woman power -- Refusing retirement: the Hedgeman Consultant Service -- Epilogue: fighting for heaven, right here on earth

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In Until There Is Justice, author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism, Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century's most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice. Simultaneously a dignified woman and scrappy freedom fighter, Hedgeman's life upends conventional understandings of many aspects of the civil rights and feminist movements. She worked as a teacher, lobbyist, politician, social worker, and activist, often crafting and implementing policy behind the scenes. Although she repeatedly found herself a woman among men, a black American among whites, and a secular Christian among clergy, she maintained her conflicting identities and worked alongside others to forge a common humanity

Hedgeman, Anna Arnold,1899-1990

African American women civil rights workers-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography

African American women civil rights workers, Biography

African Americans-- Civil rights-- History-- 20th century

Civil rights movements-- United States-- History-- 20th century

Civil rights workers-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography

Civil rights workers-- United States, Biography

Scanlon, Jennifer,1958-

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