Details

Subject(s)

• Hamer, Fannie Lou [Browse]
• Jordan, Barbara 1936-1996 [Browse]
• Abrams, Stacey [Browse]
• African American women—Political activity [Browse]
• African American women politicians—Georgia—Biography [Browse]
• Politicians—Georgia—Biography [Browse]
• African American legislators—Georgia—Biography [Browse]
• African American women civil rights workers—Mississippi—Biography [Browse]
• African American legislators—Texas—Biography [Browse]

Series

• Cambridge elements. Elements in race, ethnicity, and politics [More in this series]
• Elements in race, ethnicity, and politics, 2633-0415

Summary note

"From the toils of Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan emerges a twenty-first-century leader, Stacey Abrams. This Element explores the strategic organizing acumen of Fannie Lou Hamer in Mississippi and across the South, and the rise of Barbara Jordan, the second Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman from the US South to head to Congress. The leadership skills and collective political efforts of these two women paved the way for the emergence of Stacey Abrams, candidate for governor of Georgia in 2018 and 2022, and organizer of an electoral movement that helped deliver the 2020 presidential victory and US Senate majority to the Democratic Party. This Element adds to the existing literature by framing Black women as integral to the expansion of new voters into the Democratic Party, American democracy, and to the political development of Black people in the US South." -- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Fannie Lou Hamer : ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round
• Barbara Jordan : the lone star
• Stacey Abrams : wisdom, justice, and moderation.

ISBN

• 1009015680 ((paperback))
• 9781009015684 ((paperback))
• 1009500805 ((hardback))
• 9781009500807 ((hardback))

OCLC

1461740144

Other standard number

CIPO000160029

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