Published in 2024
3 hours and 58 minutes
Dr. Wendi Manuel-Scott is a professor of integrative studies and history at George Mason University. She is also an associate director of the Center for Mason Legacies, and an affiliate faculty member of Women and Gender Studies, African and African American Studies, and the John Mitchell Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race at Mason’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. With colleagues and undergraduates, she helped create the Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial Project, a multi-site commemorative installation located in the center of the University’s Fairfax campus. Unveiled in April 2022, the Memorial invites open, informed, and evidence-based learning that wrestles with the myriad ways we remain tethered to an inescapable past.
What is this book about?
The fight for democracy and social justice is a collective, ongoing project. And those fighting for justice today cannot afford to forget the remarkable accomplishments of Black women who were activists in the Civil Rights movement. Their lives and accomplishments are a testament to the power of activism and to the enduring and evolving struggle for equality.
In her Audible Original, Black Women of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Wendi Manuel-Scott illuminates the lives of six extraordinary Black women—most of whom, regrettably, remain unknown to many.
For example, you’ll meet Gloria Richardson, who concentrated her efforts against segregation in her hometown of Cambridge, Maryland, and created the first significant grassroots movement in the American Civil Rights struggle led by a woman. Or take Mary Church Terrell, whose politically active career spanned nine decades and whose life and work are a shining example of Black women’s leadership in the early 20th century. Equal parts educational and inspirational, these six lectures are a stirring lesson in the importance of recovering lost stories and amplifying marginalized voices.
