July might be a breakthrough for Black Lives Matter in influencing national politics.
As the Black Lives Matter movement aims to translate protest energy into political action, an earlier generation of activists offers words of advice and caution.
July might be a breakthrough for Black Lives Matter in influencing national politics.
Joining the protest outside of Convention Hall over seating of Mississippi delegates are, left to right, Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer of Mississippi, and the parents of slain civil rights worker, Michael...
Hand printed linocut portrait print of African-American voting, women's, and civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer with quote "No one is free until we all are free" - Printed from Hand-carved linoleum block - Printed in oil based ink on 12" x 18" Pearl White 100% Cotton 300 GSM Lettra Paper - Image Measures 8x10 inches - Open edition print, signed and numbered by artist Kerry Stavely Fannie Lou Hamer was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She was also a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who wish to seek election to government office.[1] (see Wikipedia page) ________________________________________ Processing & Shipping Please allow us 1-3 days to process your order. Please note sometimes this may take longer - although we try to keep all of our prints in stock sometimes we have to reprint! If you are in a hurry to get your order, please let us know and we will do all we can to get it out to you quickly. ☛ FREE US SHIPPING! Mails flat in rigid packaging. Comes with tracking. ☛ International shipping is standard USPS First Class Mail International. Please note that tracking does not come with it and item will have to be processed through customs. Items may take 2-4 weeks depending on destination. Priority shipping is available but very expensive - please message us with request. _________________________________________ ****Please note all of our work is original and subject to US copyright law. Please do not reproduce our work in any fashion without prior authorization. Most of our work is available for licensing - please contact us for details.****
Jewish activists return to Mississippi to remember their fight against Jim Crow a half-century ago.
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As people across the US protest, many are looking back at civil rights activists like Hamer, who resisted brutal violence and imprisonment for years, for inspiration
Highlights HONORABLE MENTION, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, Autobiography & Memoir!Lifelong activist Judy Gumbo, an original member of The Yippies, a 1960s anti-war satirical protest group, offers an insider feminist memoir of her involvement with the Yippies, Black Panthers, women's rights, environmental actions, and a life of activism.In 1968, a 24-year-old woman moved to Berkeley, California and immediately became enmeshed in the Youth International Party, aka The Yippies, an anti-war satirical protest group. Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Autobiography/Memoir) 2022 3rd Winner About the Author: Judy Gumbo is one of the few female members of the original Yippies, a satirical protest group founded in the 1960s that levitated the Pentagon to stop the Vietnam War, brought the New York Stock Exchange to a halt to ridicule greed and ran a pig named Pigasus for President at the 1968 Democratic Convention, resulting in police violence, arrests, and the notorious "Chicago 7" conspiracy trial. 360 Pages Biography + Autobiography, Social Activists Description About the Book "Lifelong activist Judy Gumbo, an original member of the Yippies (Youth International Party), a 1960s counter culture and satirical anti-war group, offers an insider feminist memoir of her involvment with the Yippies, Black Panthers, Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial defendants, and her fight against secret FBI surveillance of her day-to-day activities."-- Book Synopsis HONORABLE MENTION, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, Autobiography & Memoir! Lifelong activist Judy Gumbo, an original member of The Yippies, a 1960s anti-war satirical protest group, offers an insider feminist memoir of her involvement with the Yippies, Black Panthers, women's rights, environmental actions, and a life of activism. In 1968, a 24-year-old woman moved to Berkeley, California and immediately became enmeshed in the Youth International Party, aka The Yippies, an anti-war satirical protest group. In the next few years, Judy Gumbo (a nickname given her by Eldridge Cleaver), was soon at the center of counter-cultural activity-from protests in People's Park, to meetings at Black Panther headquarters, to running a pig for President at the raucous Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a protest that devolved into violent attacks by the police and arrests that led to the notorious Chicago Conspiracy Trial. In this historical account, Gumbo reveals intimate details of--and struggles with--her fellow radicals Jerry Rubin, Anita & Abbie Hoffman, Eldridge Cleaver, Paul Krassner, Stew Albert, and more, detailing their experiences in radical protests. This deep dive into her activism includes details of her organization of a national women's rights group, her visit to North Vietnam during the war, her travels around the globe to promote women's liberation and anti-war protest, and her environmental activism. It also includes extensive excerpts from illegal wiretaps and surveillance by the FBI. "A welcome addition to the literature of radical activism." --Kirkus Reviews "A fun read and a valuable political document, long overdue." --Counterpunch Yippie Girl explores Gumbo's life as a protester to show that, while circumstances always change, protesters can stay loyal to the causes they believe in and remain true to themselves. She also reveals how dogmatism, authoritarianism, and interpersonal conflict can damage those same just causes, offering a timeless and strategic guide for activists today protesting against injustice in all its forms. Review Quotes "Whether you lived through the Sixties or afterwards, this book is a fun read. Informative, thoughtful and entertaining." -Senior Women Web "Yippie Girl is a REALLY GOOD, thought-provoking pleasure to read, both for eclipsed histories, present encouragement and future inventiveness. Buy this book, SAVOR IT, loan it to your book club, social action, food shelf, men's group, voting rights and Indivisible co-members; daughters, Mother, in-laws, spouse, lover, sorority sisters and best friends." -Wyndy Knox Carr, Berkeley Times "A superb and delightful book. Intimate and comprehensive in its telling, Yippie Girl stays true to the politics of the radical left of the sixties while reflecting on its mistakes, successes and tragedies." -Morning Star "There is no better guide to the mood and tumult of the counterculture revolution of that time than Judy Gumbo's memoir, Yippie Girl. In an often amusing account of her years as a would-be revolutionary, she opens a window on a time that has passed into legend." -Berkeleyside "Candid, informative, fascinating, detailed, impressively organized. .... An extraordinary memoir of an extraordinary woman in extraordinary times. Timely in that contemporary political activists can draw inspiration from this member of a previous general of protestors, and timeless in that much of what was being protested about remains in controversial issues relevant today." -Midwest Book Review "A brilliant memoir of an important period in American history" -OPED News "Gumbo delivers a sharp-edged memoir of years of protest and resistance . . . A welcome addition to the literature of radical activism in the age of Johnson, Nixon, and beyond." -Kirkus Reviews "Yippie Girl is a marvelous memoir by the continually evolving woman known variously as Judith Lee Clavir, Judith Lee Hemblen, Judy Gumbo and just Gumbo. No one has recreated the Sixties more vividly than she, more compassionately or with a more delicious sense of humor. Buy Yippie Girl and let it blow your mind as it did mine. Just Do It!" -Jonah Raskin, author, For the Hell of It: The Life and Times of Abbie Hoffman "In Judy Gumbo's Yippie Girl, she shares her adventures as one of very few Yippie girls with her fellow travelers including my father Phil Ochs. The Yippies' unending creativity and courage provided the sardonic wit, wisdom, insight, and brutal honesty in the form of political music and theater needed for the revolution of the 60s. Judy's stories effortlessly dance between playful and profound and always deeply personal. With the world fractured by orchestrated divisiveness, Yippie Girl is a healing balm." -Meegan Lee Ochs, daughter of Phil Ochs, Artist Relations Manager, ACLU of Southern California "Judy Gumbo was a friend and ally of the Black Panther Party back in the day-she is my friend and ally now. Like me, Judy believes in All Power to the People-Black people, white people, brown people, yellow people, blue, red, green and polka dot people. The theater that Yippies and the left radical protest groups pulled-it was great. To be satirical about everything! I loved it. People's Park was about land equity against the power structure. It was democratic and socialized. Then I was put on trial at the great Chicago ConspiracyTrial of which I was the eighth defendant. I heard Bill Kunstler tell the other defendants: if you're not going to rise for Judge Hoffman you're going to jail. I told the defendants-You're my buddies. I don't want you dudes in jail. I want you out on the streets speaking up-saying Free Bobby! But the FBI repressed all those great moments that we were involved in. We have to get our history right. So About the Author Judy Gumbo is one of the few female members of the original Yippies, a satirical protest group founded in the 1960s that levitated the Pentagon to stop the Vietnam War, brought the New York Stock Exchange to a halt to ridicule greed and ran a pig named Pigasus for President at the 1968 Democratic Convention, resulting in police violence, arrests, and the notorious "Chicago 7" conspiracy trial. As part of her activism, Judy founded a national women's rights organization, helped organize the world's first Earth Day, visited North Vietnam during the war, and travelled the globe agitating against the war and for the liberation of women. Her activism led to unwarranted surveillance by the FBI; she later successfully sued to obtain copies of their extensive records on her. Judy has a Ph.D. in Sociology and spent the majority of her professional career as an award-winning fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. She currently lives in Berkeley, California.
The 1960s brought 1,000 young Americans to the Deep South to register voters in Freedom Summer. Edward, Ann, and Reggie meet there. Forty years later their lives reconnect through their children and secrets begin to unwind. \nMaybe Crossings is a historical novel about three black and white families whose lives were shaped by the civil rights movement of the 1960s. When the Korean War kills his best friend, Arthur, a young white boy from Buffalo, fulfills a pledge to help his war buddy and best friend's widow Cora in Nashville, TN. That begins a lifelong relationship of mutual support between Cora, who is Black, and Arthur, who is white. Their friendship deepens when Arthur decides to stop lying about his miserable marriage to a racist alcoholic. But his honesty costs him total separation him from his only child, Don. Cora and her son Edward are involved in the civil rights protests in their city, Nashville, Tennessee. Edward, determined to get more involved, joins the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign that attracted 1,000 student volunteers to the Deep South to teach literacy and register voters. It is dangerous work on the frontlines of the Movement. There in Maybe Crossings, Mississippi, Edward meets Ann, a privileged white girl from New York, and Reggie, a brilliant and charismatic Jamaican-born activist. But at summer's end, after failing to persuade the Democratic Party to give them a seats at its convention, most of the young adults from Freedom Summer move on with their lives. Edward becomes a pastor. Ann finds herself pregnant but earns a PhD and becomes a professor. Don, Arthur's estranged son, finds love with Ann and Keisha, Ann's biracial daughter. But what happened to Reggie? In 2003, family secrets surface through a succession of coincidences and profoundly unsettle Don and daughter Keisha, forcing them to redefine their understandings of commitment, race, forgiveness, and family in the 21st Century.This is a story of relationships yearning for redemption. It is a story of activists and their children, the differences and similarities in their struggles. Readers will find the characters Cora, Arthur, Don, Ann, Edward, Keisha, and her man friend Richard memorable in their complexity and their courage. By popular request this new edition includes a discussion guide. The sequel, Dark Crossings (2022), follows the same characters in 2019.
Hand printed linocut portrait print of African-American voting, women's, and civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer with quote "No one is free until we all are free" - Printed from Hand-carved linoleum block - Printed in oil based ink on 12" x 18" Pearl White 100% Cotton 300 GSM Lettra Paper - Image Measures 8x10 inches - Open edition print, signed and numbered by artist Kerry Stavely Fannie Lou Hamer was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She was also a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who wish to seek election to government office.[1] (see Wikipedia page) ________________________________________ Processing & Shipping Please allow us 1-3 days to process your order. Please note sometimes this may take longer - although we try to keep all of our prints in stock sometimes we have to reprint! If you are in a hurry to get your order, please let us know and we will do all we can to get it out to you quickly. ☛ FREE US SHIPPING! Mails flat in rigid packaging. Comes with tracking. ☛ International shipping is standard USPS First Class Mail International. Please note that tracking does not come with it and item will have to be processed through customs. Items may take 2-4 weeks depending on destination. Priority shipping is available but very expensive - please message us with request. _________________________________________ ****Please note all of our work is original and subject to US copyright law. Please do not reproduce our work in any fashion without prior authorization. Most of our work is available for licensing - please contact us for details.****
