Keep on fighting
Subtitle: the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer
By: Dorothy H. Christenson ; introduction by Mary E. Frederickson
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780821421710; 9780821421949; 9780821445334
Subjects: African American civil rights workers; Race relations; Civil rights; Women civil rights workers; Civil rights movements; Civil rights workers; African Americans; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. A remarkable family in twentieth-century Gallipolis, Ohio; title: The Alexander family; title: Education and voting; title: School days; title: Part II. Becoming a citizen activist; title: Cincinnati, another world; title: The University of Cincinnati; title: A lifetime partner; title: Marriage, family, and the YWCA; title: Homeownership, new part-time job; title: Woman's city club and fellowship house; title: Part III. Family life; title: New career; title: Family values and celebrations; title: Family travels; at home and abroad; title: Fox Lake; title: Personal journeys; title: Part IV. Desegregation suits and continuing battles; title: Coney Island; title: School segregation; title: Cincinnati City Council; title: Fair housing; title: Reproductive rights; title: Voting rights; title: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.