If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement

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If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement is a memoir and historical account by civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton that highlights the crucial role of grassroots citizenship education in empowering Black communities during the Civil Rights Movement.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical account ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
about Highlander Folk School’s citizenship education model ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
political participation of African Americans ⓘ
voter registration drives ⓘ
aimsTo correct the historical neglect of the Citizenship Education Program ⓘ
highlight the importance of citizenship education in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
author Dorothy Cotton ⓘ
depicts grassroots civil rights activism ⓘ
nonviolent direct action training ⓘ
documents development of the Citizenship Education Program ⓘ
implementation of citizenship schools ⓘ
training of local community leaders ⓘ
focusesOn citizenship education ⓘ
empowerment of African Americans ⓘ
leadership development ⓘ
voter education ⓘ
genre nonfiction ⓘ
historicalContext United States Civil Rights era ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Black communities in the United States ⓘ
Citizenship Education Program ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
grassroots organizing ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person account ⓘ
perspectiveOf Dorothy Cotton ⓘ
portrays behind-the-scenes organizing in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
everyday people as agents of change ⓘ
relatedTo African-American history ⓘ
history of education in the United States ⓘ
social movement organizing ⓘ
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
setInPlace Southern United States ⓘ
theme dignity and self-worth ⓘ
education as a tool for liberation ⓘ
grassroots leadership ⓘ
nonviolent social change ⓘ
titlePhraseMeaning metaphor for refusing to submit to oppression ⓘ

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