Mary Wilson: Black Women and Self Defense in the Jim Crow Era - Paperback
by Jen Ash
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jen AshSeries:Sojourners for JusticePublish date:2024-02-27Pages:68
Language:EnglishPublisher:Haymarket BooksISBN-13:9798888902462ISBN-10:8888902465UPC:9798888902462Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Discrimination, Civil Rights, History & TheorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.15 inchesWeight:0.2293Product ID:SC5JR2VBQ8
Mary Wilson: Black Women and Self Defense in the Jim Crow Era
Mary Wilson was a 37-year-old Black woman who confessed to the killing of a white military officer at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in 1913. While many of its details are still unknown, Mary Wilson's story sheds light on the ways Black women were and continue to be forced to navigate systems of state violence. In turn, those systems were/are deeply and historically interwoven with the legacy of...
Series: Sojourners for Justice
Language:EnglishPublisher:Haymarket BooksISBN-13:9798888902462ISBN-10:8888902465UPC:9798888902462Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Discrimination, Civil Rights, History & TheorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.15 inchesWeight:0.2293Product ID:SC5JR2VBQ8
Jen Ash is an organizer, educator, and historian specializing in Black women's history and the history of social movements. She currently serves as the executive director of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation.
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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