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Athens : Ohio University Press, [2015]

1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, portraits

ISBN 9780821445334 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780821421710 (hc : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780821421949 (pb : alk. paper)

Print version: Christenson, Dorothy H. Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer. Athens : Ohio University Press, [2015] ISBN 9780821421949

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I. A remarkable family in twentieth-century Gallipolis, Ohio -- The Alexander family -- Education and voting -- School days -- Part II. Becoming a citizen activist -- Cincinnati, another world -- The University of Cincinnati -- A lifetime partner -- Marriage, family, and the YWCA -- Homeownership, new part-time job -- Woman’s city club and fellowship house -- Part III. Family life -- New career -- Family values and celebrations -- Family travels; at home and abroad -- Fox Lake -- Personal journeys -- Part IV. Desegregation suits and continuing battles -- Coney Island -- School segregation -- Cincinnati City Council -- Fair housing -- Reproductive rights -- Voting rights -- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

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(OCoLC)915059575