Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae

Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy

Elizabeth Gillespie McRae

368 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Why do white supremacist politics in America remain so powerful? Elizabeth Gillespie McRae argues that the answer lies with white women. Examining racial segregation from 1920s to the 1970s, Mothers of Massive Resistance explores the grassroots wo...

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informative 88%
challenging 77%
reflective 33%
dark 22%
tense 22%
emotional 11%
inspiring 11%
sad 11%

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medium 33%

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