Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
5-2015
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
History
Degree Program
History, MA
Committee Chair
Harrison, Benjamin
Committee Co-Chair (if applicable)
Tyler, Bruce
Committee Member
Theriot, Nancy
Subject
Women civil rights workers--Mississippi--History; Suffrage--Mississippi--History
Abstract
This thesis examines the contributions made by women in the fight for voting equality in Mississippi in the early 1960s. The covered period began with the immediate reaction to the Brown Vs Board of Education decision and culminates with the Mississippi Freedom Democrat Party’s challenge to be seated in place of the regular (and proactively segregated) Mississippi delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. The focus of primary concern of this thesis is the grassroots tactics utilized primarily by women, in contrast to the more visceral marches and civil disobedience espoused by male leaders, and how these differing tactics affected media coverage of the Civil Rights movement as a whole. Conclusions are made based upon personal interviews, letters, and especially newspaper articles and print media coverage of relevant events.
Recommended Citation
Ackerman,, Morgan 1980-, "Sisters of the Mississippi struggle : examining the contributions by women to the fight for voting equality in Mississippi in the early 1960s." (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2145.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/2145
