Moisture of the Earth Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist

Name: Moisture of the Earth Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist
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ISBN: 9780472065875

ISBN-10: 0472065874

ISBN-13: 9780472065875

Edition: 2009

Authors: Fran Leeper Buss, Fran Leeper Buss

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InMoisture of the Earth, Mary Robinson recounts her journey from picking cotton in rural Alabama to becoming an outspoken community leader and labor activist. The daughter of sharecroppers, Robinson came of age at the peak of the civil rights movement and took a job in J. P. Stevens's Montgomery plant when the textile manufacturing giant was forced to admit African American workers. She soon became part of the historic organizing struggle by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, finding her voice as an outspoken activist and union organizer.This is a riveting narrative of determination and defiance in the face of poverty and racial injustice, and a rare, behind-the-scenes…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 4/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English