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- Title
SNCC Women, Denim, and the Politics of Dress.
- Authors
FORD, TANISHA C.
- Abstract
An essay is presented which discusses the political aspects of the hair style and clothing of African American women who belonged to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s and early 1970s. An overview of African American student political activists' attire, including their abandoning of what was putatively deemed respectable clothing for overalls and denim skirts, is provided.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STUDENT Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); CLOTHING &; politics; POLITICAL participation of African American women; DENIM; HAIRSTYLES -- Social aspects; CLOTHING &; dress; AFRICAN American political activists; AFRICAN American students; TWENTIETH century; POLITICAL participation; HISTORY; AFRICAN American history
- Publication
Journal of Southern History, 2013, Vol 79, Issue 3, p625
- ISSN
0022-4642
- Publication type
Essay