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Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights
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Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights Paperback - 2002

by Cynthia Stokes Brown; William Ayers (Editor); Therese Quinn (Editor)

Why and how have whites joined people of color to fight against white supremacy in the United States? What have they risked and what have they gained? For anyone who has wondered about the character, motivations, and contributions of white civil rights activists, "Refusing Racism" offers rich portraits of four contemporary white American activists who have dedicated their lives to the struggle for civil rights.


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Why and how have whites joined people of color to fight against white supremacy in the United States? What have they risked and what have they gained? For anyone who has wondered about the character, motivations, and contributions of white civil rights activists, Refusing Racism offers rich portraits of four white American activists who have dedicated their lives to the struggle for civil rights. Drawing heavily on interviews and memoirs, this volume offers honest accounts of their thoughts and experiences and shows how their commitments are central to our ongoing history.

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  • Title Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights
  • Author Cynthia Stokes Brown; William Ayers (Editor); Therese Quinn (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 177
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Teachers College Press
  • Date 2002-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780807742044 / 080774204X
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.26 x 0.43 in (22.96 x 15.90 x 1.09 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Civil rights - History -, United States - Race relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001060356
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Meet the White Allies!

Virginia Foster Durr (1903-1999) was a housewife and political activist from Birmingham, Alabama, who fought against the poll tax and southern white male domination.

J. Waties Waring (1880-1968) was a federal judge from Charleston, South Carolina, who opened white primaries to black voters.

Anne McCarty Braden (born 1924) is a journalist and community organizer from Louisville, Kentucky, who defied racist real estate practices and the House Un-American Activities Committee and organized white southerners to support the civil rights movement.

Herbert R. Kohl (born 1937) is a writer and educator from New York City who authored 36 Children and twenty-five other books about education and civil rights.

Cynthia Stokes Brown is Professor of Education Emerita at Dominican University of California, and is the author of many books and articles on education and history.

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