Document Type

Article

Department/Program

Education

Publication Date

2009

Journal

Journal of the Indiana University Student Personnel Association

Volume

42

First Page

20

Last Page

28

Abstract

The African American Civil Rights Movement is a series of intentional occurrences in America that protested the legal segregation of African Americans and Whites. Inequality in the use of public spaces and the unequal opportunities for advancement of African Americans were the core reasons for this movement. This historical essay uses primary and secondary documents, as well as contemporary sources from non-educational fields, to assert that African American women were instrumental in the Civil Rights movement and that historically Black institutions can be credited, in large part, for preparing these women for their roles.

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