Power Hungry
Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement
Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: xxii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
"Two unsung Black women, Cleo Silvers and Aylene Quin, used food as a political weapon during the civil rights movement, generating influence and power so great that it brought the ire of government agents down on them"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Quin, Aylene, 1920-2001.
Silvers, Cleo.
Black Panther Party. Harlem Chapter.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
African American women political activists -- Biography.
Food -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
McComb (Miss.) -- Biography.
Quin, Aylene, 1920-2001.
Silvers, Cleo.
Black Panther Party. Harlem Chapter.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
African American women political activists -- Biography.
Food -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
McComb (Miss.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781641604529
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Civil Rights Qui | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 7/9/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references and index.