Thyra J. Edwards : Black activist in the global freedom struggle

Thyra J. Edwards : Black activist in the global freedom struggle / Gregg Andrews.

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Main Author:	Andrews, Gregg
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2011.
Subjects:	Edwards, Thyra J., > 1897-1953. Edwards, Thyra J., > 1897-1953 1900-1999 African American women > Biography. African American women journalists > Biography. African American women civil rights workers > Biography. African American social workers > Biography. Civil rights > History > 20th century. Employee rights > History > 20th century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical. HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General. African American social workers African American women African American women civil rights workers African American women journalists Civil rights Employee rights Military participation > American Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Participation, American. Spain Biographies History Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : "the spirit of Aframerican womanhood"
Texas roots of rebellion under the chinaberry tree
Social work and racial uplift in Gary, Indiana
Getting a labor education in Illinois, New York, and Denmark
Chain smoking and thinking "Black" from Red Square to Nazi Germany
Building a popular front in Chicago
Conducting educational travel seminars to Europe
With Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War
With health problems and the Spanish Loyalist refugees in Mexico
The Double V years and marriage in New York City
The final years in Italy.