Contesting Archives: Finding Women in the Sources, edited by Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry J. Katz and Mary Elizabeth Perry, was unanimously selected as the recipient of this year’s Barbara “Penny” Kanner […]
Category: women’s history
Detroit Free Press features Hands on the Freedom Plow
The February 26, 2011, edition of the Detroit Free Press includes a feature on the new book Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. The women […]
Judy Richardson featured on Inside E Street
Judy Richardson, co-editor of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, was interviewed on the AARP program Inside E Street. The show airs nationwide on public […]
Hands on the Freedom Plow nominated for an NAACP Image Award
Variety reports today that Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work […]
North Carolina Public Radio interviews Faith Holsaert
On January 3, 2011, Faith Holsaert, co-editor of the new book Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, was a guest on WUNC’s radio program The State […]
Ms. on Hands on the Freedom Plow
Jillian Weinberger reviews Hands on the Freedom Plow for Ms. Magazine’s blog. “Most of the narratives in this invaluable collection proudly note that while an element of gender bias certainly […]
AARP The Magazine reviews Hands on the Freedom Plow
The online version of AARP The Magazine just published a review of Hands on the Freedom Plow. “With the exception of Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Fannie Lou Hamer, […]
Washington Post’s The Root reviews Hands on the Freedom Plow
On November 9, 2010, The Root published Charles Cobb’s review of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. “Women are almost invisible in civil rights storytelling, and […]
Library Journal starred review for “Hands on the Freedom Plow”
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC received a *starred* review in the October 1, 2010, issue of Library Journal. “Powerful, inspiring, and tremendously moving, the oral […]
Contesting Archives discussed in Inside Higher Ed
Today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed includes a Q&A with the editors of the new book Contesting Archives: Finding Women in the Sources. Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry J. Katz, and Mary Elizabeth […]
Hands on the Freedom Plow now available
This week we received finished copies of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. The editors are participating on panels at the ASALH meeting this weekend in […]
“Beauty Shop Politics” wins ABWH award
Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry by Tiffany Gill was awarded the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award for best publication from the Association of Black […]