Record #:

40702

Author(s):

Sanders, Crystal R.

Abstract:

Playing as influential a role as many better-known Civil Rights Movement leaders, Bennett’s president inspired its students to fight for social justice. She encouraged students to participate in protests, inspired by the 1960 Woolworth’s sit in, and initiate blacks to become more politically involved, by registering to vote.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 1, January 2019, p1-33 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bennett College (Greensboro); Player, Willa B., 1909-2003; Historically black colleges and universities--North Carolina--Bennett College ; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Civil rights movement--Activists; Civil Rights Movement--activists--black women; Civil Rights demonstrations--black female college students; Southern black women activists educators--Willa Player ; Black female college presidents--Willa Player; Migration--blacks--Northern states; Civil Rights Movement--1960s--Jim Crow Laws; Sanford, James Terry, 1917-1998