At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance- a New History of the Civil Rights Movement...
- ISBN-10
- 0307389243
- ISBN-13
- 9780307389244
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Danielle L. McGuire
Description
A history of America's civil rights movement traces the pivotal influence of sexual violence that victimized African American women for centuries, revealing Rosa Parks's contributions as an anti-rape activist years before her heroic bus protest.
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