
About this book
The story of Virgina Foster Durr's metamorphosis from Southern belle to New Deal liberal to a matriarch of the civil rights movement brings alive one woman's determined passage through a climatic era in American history. Her autobiography heralds the woman's movement and captures the firey history and spirit of social change in our time.
Subjects
Civil rightsAfrican AmericansBiographyHistoryNew Deal, 1933-1939Civil rights workersLawyers' spousesLawyers' wivesAfrican americans, historyAfrican americans, civil rightsUnited states, politics and government, 1865-1900Défenseurs des droits de l'hommeBiographiesAvocatsConjointsNew DealNoirs américainsDroitsHistoireBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYHistoricalAuthors, biography