{"product_id":"legacies-african-american-female-pioneers-9781516505968","title":"Legacies: African-American Female Pioneers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Debra Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cognella Academic Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLegacies: African-American Female Pioneers\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of life stories of women who lived through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s while residing in Charlotte, North Carolina. By sharing their stories of activism in the face of social and institutional racism, readers learn how women fought for freedom and equality in America. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapters One and Two of the book introduce the women in the context and history of the era in which they worked and lived. Readers learn about their experiences at segregated schools, hospitals, colleges, and universities, as well as their personal lives, raising families and working. Chapter Three includes highlights from the author's interviews with the legacies, in which they emphasize the importance of friendship, unexpected allies, and serving the community during their years of activism. The final chapter features photographs and first-hand accounts from each of the women in the book, bringing their stories to life. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Deeply personal and endlessly inspiring, \u003cem\u003eLegacies\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent supplementary text for courses in Africana studies, race and ethnic studies, or any course that studies the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Deanna L. Fassett\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at San José State University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eCritical Communication Pedagogy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCoordinating the Communication Course: A Guidebook\u003c\/em\u003e (both with John T. Warren). Her published research has appeared in an array of communication studies journals, including \u003cem\u003eBasic Communication Course Annual\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCommunication and Critical\/Cultural Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCommunication Education\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eText and Performance Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Keith Nainby\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Stanislaus. His publications include chapters in \u003cem\u003eThe SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Invisibility Factor: Administrators and Faculty Reach Out to First-Generation College Students\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as journal articles in \u003cem\u003eLiminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLanguage and Intercultural Communication\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEducational Foundations\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. John T. Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e was a professor of communication at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He was the author of numerous books including \u003cem\u003ePerforming Purity: Whiteness, Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCasting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCritical Communication Pedagogy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCoordinating the Communication Course: A Guidebook\u003c\/em\u003e. He authored articles for several education and communication studies journals, including \u003cem\u003eCommunication and Critical\/Cultural Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCommunication Education\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEducational Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eText and Performance Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cognella Academic Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780303863959,"sku":"9781516505968","price":4818.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781516505968.webp?v=1778044244","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/legacies-african-american-female-pioneers-9781516505968","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}