{"product_id":"the-citizenship-education-program-and-deanna-m-gillespie-9780813066943","title":"The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSouthern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, Hooks National Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonorable Mention, Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South Deep South Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Black women used lessons in literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003e book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy \u003cbr\u003eto crack the foundation of white supremacy and sow seeds for collective \u003cbr\u003eaction during the civil rights movement. Deanna Gillespie traces the \u003cbr\u003ehistory of the Citizenship Education Program (CEP), a grassroots \u003cbr\u003einitiative that taught people to read and write in preparation for \u003cbr\u003eliteracy tests required for voter registration--a profoundly powerful \u003cbr\u003eobjective in the Jim Crow South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1957 as a result\u003cbr\u003e of discussions between community activist Esau Jenkins, schoolteacher \u003cbr\u003eSeptima Clark, and Highlander Folk School director Myles Horton, the CEP\u003cbr\u003e became a part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1961. \u003cbr\u003eThe teachers, mostly Black women, gathered friends and neighbors in \u003cbr\u003eliving rooms, churches, beauty salons, and community centers. Through \u003cbr\u003ethe work of the CEP, literate black men and women were able to gather \u003cbr\u003etheir own information, determine fair compensation for a day's work, and\u003cbr\u003e register formal complaints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on teachers' reports\u003cbr\u003e and correspondence, oral history interviews, and papers from a variety \u003cbr\u003eof civil rights organizations, Gillespie follows the growth of the CEP \u003cbr\u003efrom its beginnings in the South Carolina Sea Islands to southeastern \u003cbr\u003eGeorgia, the Mississippi Delta, and Alabama's Black Belt. This book \u003cbr\u003eretells the story of the civil rights movement from the vantage point of\u003cbr\u003e activists who have often been overlooked and makeshift classrooms where\u003cbr\u003e local people discussed, organized, and demanded change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deanna M. Gillespie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813066948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813066943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Deanna M. Gillespie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993503662335,"sku":"9780813066943","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b9828fc-31c8-49c4-b599-5584e17a3c11.jpg?v=1683324703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-citizenship-education-program-and-deanna-m-gillespie-9780813066943","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}