Women of the Civil Rights Movement

In recognition of the upcoming 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, here’s a list of media resources that shine a light on the critical (and often overlooked) role of BIPOC women in the civil rights movement. 

Do you know these three female civil rights heroes? - U.S. Embassy in Chile

PBS NewsHour, Civil Rights Launched the Fight for LGBT, Women's Equality, Season 2013

Photos of Female Civil Rights Leaders

Coretta Scott King and the Civil-Rights Era's Hidden Women - The Atlantic

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Women had key roles in civil rights movement

Click - Women in Civil Rights - Women in the Civil Rights Movement, Ella Baker, Black Women and Civil Rights, Women and Civil Rights Act

Crawford, Vicki L., Rouse, Jacqueline Anne, Woods, Barbara: 9780253208323: Books

Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941?1965

The Women of the Civil Rights Movement: Part 2 of 3

Panel discussion Philly celebrates 'invisible' women who fueled Civil Rights Movement - WHYY

A Brief History of Women's Liberation Movements in America ‹ Literary Hub

What Is the Women's Rights Movement? (What Was?)

When lesbians led the women's suffrage movement

Why Must We Always Be Suffering? A History of Women's Suffrage – GW Chronicle of the Yawp

Challenging the Narrative: Even the Women's Suffrage Movement has