At the dark end of the street : black women, rape, and resistance- a new history of the civil rights movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power / Danielle L. McGuire.

Author: McGuire, Danielle L.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Descriptionxxii, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:"Borzoi Book."

Note:Prologue: at the dark end of the street -- They'd kill me if I told -- Negroes every day are being molested -- Walking in pride and dignity -- There's open season on Negroes now -- It was like all of us had been raped -- A black woman's body was never hers alone -- Sex and civil rights -- Power to the ice pick -- Epilogue: we all lived in fear for years.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.

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