Anne B. Onyekwuluje

Historical Influence

Reading Georgia Powers as a Grassroots Civil Rights Leader in the Rough Business of Kentucky Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

Historical Influence is a thematic political civil rights history of Senator Georgia Davis Powers. Powers made major contributions to the Commonwealth of Kentucky during the rough business of Kentucky politics-the politics of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Life history assumes understanding the specific context of one person is paramount. In Powers' twenty-one years as a Kentucky state senator, she championed bills for open housing and labor, and against race, class, sex, education and job discrimination. Senator Powers sponsored and co-sponsored some 147 bills, 75 of which became laws during her tenure.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9780739150993
• ISBN-10: 0739150995
• Artikelnr.: 33389159

Autorenporträt

Anne B. Onyekwuluje is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Western Kentucky University. The author's speaking arrangements can be made at [e-mail].

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Hunger for Justice 2. The Civil
Rights Movement and Other Influences 3. As Senator 4. Legislation 5. Living
out Wells' Political Thinking and Martineau's Socio-political Vision 6.
Perspective 7. Feminist Advocacy and Activism Appendices Sources
Bibliography Index About the Author