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Mothers of Massive Resistance
Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy | Elizabeth Gillespie McRae
4 posts | 4 read | 5 to read
Introduction: Segregation's constant gardeners -- Massive support for segregation, 1920-1942 -- The color line in Virginia: the home grown production of white supremacy -- Citizenship education for a segregated nation -- Campaigning for a Jim Crow south -- Jim Crow storytelling -- Massive resistance to the black freedom struggle -- Partisan betrayals: a bad woman, weak white men, and the end of a party -- Jim Crow's international enemies and nationwide allies -- Threats within: black southerners, 1954-1956 -- White women, white youth, and the hope of the nation -- Conclusion: the new national face of segregation: Boston women against busing
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twohectobooks
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Bailedbailed

Gonna give up on this one for now. I realized yesterday that I‘ve read less than 70 pages after starting this three weeks ago. Not sure if it‘s time or interest that‘s lacking.

Definitely give it a shot if you are interested in learning about the role white women have played historically in maintaining or promoting white supremacy.

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twohectobooks
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This book is fascinating and mind boggling, but it‘s also quite dry. I hate it when this happens with non-fiction.

As usual, Jacques is not interested at all. #catsoflitsy

rretzler 😻 6y
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Ellen_C
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Must read for the resistance. 100 years ago, women organized much as we see today, only they did it for Jim Crow. Segregationist white women were able to influence politics and culture thru their work, especially when schools and public ed were the battle ground. Excellent disturbing read. We have a lot of work to do. https://cannonballread.com/2018/04/a-short-history-of-white-womens-complicity/

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Ellen_C
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This book is fascinating. I had never heard of this before. I‘m only about a quarter of the way in, but author is making a powerful argument for white women‘s use of grass roots organizing a century ago to uphold Jim Crow. It‘s unsettling but I guess not surprising. The hand that rocks the cradle can also be complicit.