{"product_id":"reverend-addie-wyatt-9780252081996","title":"Reverend Addie Wyatt","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Walker-McWilliam's book is very well researched, clearly written, and extremely well organized. . . . \u003ci\u003eReverend Addie Wyatt\u003c\/i\u003e is an important piece of scholarship that will appeal to both scholars and nonscholars interested in social movements in history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Walker-McWilliams masterfully weaves the influences of the Great Migration from Mississippi to segregated Chicago, the vibrant religious culture of the Church of God, Chicago's meatpacking industry and labor movements, the emergence of the Civil Rights and women's movements, and her enduring marriage to Rev. Claude Wyatt to create a fascinating portrait of a historical activist icon.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A] compelling, well-written, definitive biography. . . . This biography of Addie Wyatt is a valuable treatment of an activist who should be better known and whose life provides an important window into the organized labor, feminist, and civil rights movements.\"--\u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This highly readable biography by historian Marcia Walker-McWilliams gives this influential figure the attention she deserves.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewcity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Marcia Walker-McWilliams' \u003ci\u003eReverend Addie Wyatt: Faith and the Fight for Labor, Gender, and Racial Equality\u003c\/i\u003e engages readers in an enlightening examination of Addie Wyatt's professional trials and personal tribulations. . . . Another must read in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in American History series.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Illinois State Historical Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Richly detailed and well-researched. . . . Wyatt's work speaks directly to the ways the social movements of which she was a part unquestionably advanced America's still unfinished struggles for democracy.\"--\u003ci\u003eLabour\/Le Travail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Tell the Story1. A Child of the Great Migration2. In Search of Work and Community3. For the Union Makes Us Strong4. Civil Rights and Women’s Rights Unionism5. Challenges in the House of Labor6. A Black Christian FeministIllustrations7. Unfinished RevolutionsEpilogue: All Things Are ConnectedNotesSelected BibliographyIndex","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400504189271,"sku":"9780252081996","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252081996.jpg?v=1730470842","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reverend-addie-wyatt-9780252081996","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}