Examines the life and work of twentieth-century American poet Maya Angelou, featuring a biographical profile, critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas in her writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.
The sixth in Maya Angelou's autobiographical series, beginning in 1964 when she returned to the U.S. from Africa to work with Malcolm X, discussing her reaction to his assassination, her firsthand view of the Watts riots, her subsequent work with Martin Luther King Jr., and the impact of his death on her life and career.
The author tells her life story, describing her Pennsylvania childhood, her college years in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance, her experiences as a welfare caseworker during the Depression, her four decades as president of the National Council of Negro Women, and her top-level involvement in the civil rights movement.
the unsung heroines of the civil rights movement from 1830 to 1970
Olson, Lynne
2002
Provides portraits and cameos of over sixty women who were influential in the Civil Rights Movement, and argues that the political activity of women has been the driving force in major reform movements throughout history.
An illustrated biography of African-American civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells. Includes a time line, a bibliography, and background information on lynching.
Profiles the first thirty years of the life of Ida B. Wells, describing her aggressive fight against segregation and racism in the South, and her outspoken manner against the lynching of African-Americans.
A collection of poems by former Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove in which she explores the intersection of individual fates with the larger picture of history.
Presents the two-year diary of Ida B. Wells, an African-American woman who would later become a crusader in the fight against lynching, providing a personal account of her social and political coming-of-age in Memphis in 1885-86.
