How long? How long?
Subtitle: African-American women in the struggle for civil rights
By: Belinda Robnett.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: African American women civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Man-woman relationships -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: Drawing heavily on interviews with actual participants in the American civil rights movement, this work retells the movement as seen through the eyes and spoken through the voices of African-American women participants. It is the first book to provide an analysis of race, class, gender, and culture as substructures than shaped the organization and outcome of the movement.

Robnett examines the differences among women participants in the movement and offers the first cohesive analysis of the gendered relations and interactions among its black activists, thus demonstrating that "femaleness" and "blackness" cannot be viewed as sufficient signifiers for movement experience and individual identity.

Finally, this book makes a significant contribution to social movement theory by providing a crucial understanding of the continuity and complexity of social movements, clarifying the need for different layers of leadership that come to satisfy different movement needs.

An engaging narrative history as well as a major contribution to social movement and feminist theory, How Long? How Long? will appeal to students and scholars of social activism, women's studies, American history, and African-American studies, and to general readers interested in the perennially fascinating story of the American civil rights movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index.