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9780821421949
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Marian Alexander Spencer was born in 1920 in the Ohio River town of Gallipolis, Ohio, one year after the "Red Summer" of 1919 that saw an upsurge in race riots and lynchings. Following the example of her grandfather, an ex-slave and community leader, Marian joined the NAACP at thirteen and grew up to achieve not only a number of civic leadership firsts in her adopted home city of Cincinnati, but a legacy of lasting civil rights victories. Of these, the best known is the desegregation of Cincinnati's Coney Island amusement park. She also fought to desegregate Cincinnati schools and to stop th
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: A Remarkable Family; 2: Becoming a Citizen Activist; Photographs:1905-1954; 3: Family Life; 4: Desegregation Suits and Continuing Battles; Photographs: 1955-present; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821445334
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821421949
Additional Edition:
Print version Keep On Fighting : The Life and Civil Rights Legacy of Marian A. Spencer
Language:
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