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Details how African American women used literacy lessons to crack white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement. Deanna Gillespie traces the history of the Citizenship Education Program, an initiative that taught people to read and write in preparation for literacy tests required for voter registration.

The Citizenship Education Program and Black

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      Publisher University Press of Florida
      Published 7 March 2023
      ISBN-13 9780813080239
      978-0813080239
      ISBN-10 0813080231
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      History: specific events and topics Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Details how African American women used literacy lessons to crack white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement. Deanna Gillespie traces the history of the Citizenship Education Program, an initiative that taught people to read and write in preparation for literacy tests required for voter registration.

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