Böcker av Mary Ellen Curtin

"This book explores the life and times of Barbara Jordan of Texas, a Black feminist Democrat, orator, and legislator who emerged as part of the first generation of Black elected officials who sought to connect the ideals of the civil rights movement with electoral politics and make Black voters a force in the Democratic Party"--

This study draws on a variety of sources, including the reports and correspondence of prison inspectors and letters from prisoners and their families, to explore the history of the African-American men and women whose labour made Alabama's prison system the most profitable in the country.