Keep On Fighting : The Life and Civil Rights Legacy of Marian A. Spencer Hardback
by Dorothy H. Christenson
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Marian Alexander Spencer was born in 1920 in the Ohio River town of Gallipolis, Ohio, one year after the “Red Summer” of 1919 that saw an upsurge in race riots and lynchings.
Following the example of her grandfather, an ex-slave and community leader, Marian joined the NAACP at thirteen and grew up to achieve not only a number of civic leadership firsts in her adopted home city of Cincinnati, but a legacy of lasting civil rights victories. Of these, the best known is the desegregation of Cincinnati’s Coney Island amusement park.
She also fought to desegregate Cincinnati schools and to stop the introduction of observers in black voting precincts in Ohio.
Her campaign to raise awareness of industrial toxic-waste practices in minority neighborhoods was later adapted into national Superfund legislation. In 2012, Marian’s friend and colleague Dot Christenson sat down with her to record her memories.
The resulting biography not only gives us the life story of remarkable leader but encapsulates many of the twentieth century’s greatest struggles and advances.
Spencer’s story will prove inspirational and instructive to citizens and students alike.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Ohio University Press
- Publication Date:15/07/2015
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- ISBN:9780821421710
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Ohio University Press
- Publication Date:15/07/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780821421710
