Hope in the struggle : a memoir
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Published
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2019].
ISBN
9781517904449, 1517904447, 9781517904456, 1517904455
Physical Desc
x, 222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Status
Breckenridge Public Library - Main
921 JOH
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921 JOH
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Crookston Public Library - Main
921 JOH
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921 JOH
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Detroit Lakes Public Library - Main
921 JOH
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921 JOH
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Autobiographies.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Johnson, Josie R., -- 1930-
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Biography.
Social justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Autobiographies.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Johnson, Josie R., -- 1930-
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Biography.
Social justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781517904449, 1517904447, 9781517904456, 1517904455
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"Young Black people have repeatedly asked Johnson why she continues to work on social justice issues and how she manages to retain hope. She publishes this book hoping current and future generations will remember the strength of their ancestors, learn from her story, continue the struggle, and gain justice for her people"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
"Why do you continue to work on issues of justice? Young Black people often ask Josie Johnson this question, then, perhaps in the same breath, How do you maintain hope? This book, a lifetime in the making, is Josie's answer. A memoir about shouldering the cause of social justice during the darkest hours and brightest moments for civil rights in America--and, specifically, in Minnesota--Hope in the Struggle shines light on the difference one person can make. For Josie Johnson, this has meant making a difference as a Black woman in one of the nation's whitest states. Josie's story begins in a tight-knit community in Texas, where the unfairness of the segregated South, so antithetical to the values she learned at home, sharpened a sense of justice that guides her to this day. From the age of fourteen, when she went door to door with her father in Houston to campaign against the Poll Tax, to the moment in 2008 when, as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention, she cast her vote for Barack Obama for president, she has been at the forefront of the politics of civil rights. Her memoir offers a close-up picture of what that struggle has entailed, whether working as a community organizer for the Minneapolis Urban League or lobbying for fair housing and employment laws, investigating civil rights abuses or co-chairing the Minnesota delegation to the March on Washington, becoming the first African American to serve on the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents or creating the university's Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs with a focus on minority affairs and diversity. An intimate view of civil rights history in the making, Hope in the Struggle is a uniquely inspiring life story for these current dark and divisive times, a testament to how one determined soul can make the world a better place"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnson, J. R., Holbrook, C., & Little, A. (2019). Hope in the struggle: a memoir . University of Minnesota Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Josie R., 1930-, Carolyn Holbrook and Arleta, Little. 2019. Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir. University of Minnesota Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Josie R., 1930-, Carolyn Holbrook and Arleta, Little. Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir University of Minnesota Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Josie R., Carolyn Holbrook, and Arleta Little. Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir University of Minnesota Press, 2019.
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