1. Women's Involvement In The Civil Rights
... Conference (SCLC): "I knew from the beginning that having a woman be an executive of SCLC was not something that would go over with the male dominated leadership. And then, of course, my personality wasn't right, in the sense I was not afraid to disagree with the higher authorities." Men were certainly not opposed to females being active in the movement. Far from it ... organization that focused on dealing with the unique problems that needed to be addressed in their own local communities. Local organizations such as Gainesville Women for Equal Rights (GWER) provided a space where black...
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