Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964
by
Debbie Z. Harwell
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
As tensions mounted before Freedom Summer, one organization tackled the divide by opening lines of communication at the request of local women: Wednesdays in Mississippi (WIMS). Employing an unusual and deliberately feminine approach, WIMS brought interracial, interfaith teams of northern middle-aged,...