The Forgotten Activists of Georgia: The Black Women of Savannah

Location

Statesboro Campus, Russell Union, Room 2054, Session 4

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis Presentation (Open Access)

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Julie de Chantal

Faculty Mentor Email

jdechantal@georgiasouthern.edu

Presentation Year

2022

Start Date

22-4-2022 4:00 PM

End Date

22-4-2022 5:00 PM

Description

Through a Long Civil Rights Movement approach, I argue that Black women in Savannah, Georgia were instrumental to the success of the Savannah Civil Rights Movement by using relational organizing tactics as early as the 1940s. My thesis shows that women were bridge leaders, unifying Black Savannahians around community uplift.

Academic Unit

College of Arts and Humanities

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Apr 22nd, 4:00 PM Apr 22nd, 5:00 PM

The Forgotten Activists of Georgia: The Black Women of Savannah

Statesboro Campus, Russell Union, Room 2054, Session 4

Through a Long Civil Rights Movement approach, I argue that Black women in Savannah, Georgia were instrumental to the success of the Savannah Civil Rights Movement by using relational organizing tactics as early as the 1940s. My thesis shows that women were bridge leaders, unifying Black Savannahians around community uplift.