Inheritors of the Spirit: Mary White Ovington and the Founding of Thenaacp

By Carolyn Wedin

This is the story of the founding of America's oldest civil rights organization. Premier among American civil rights organizations stands the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Much has been written on its guiding light and co-founder, W.E.B. Du Bois; however, few know about its other pioneers, notably the New York upper-middleclass feminist and social activist, Mary White Ovington. With her Unitarian background, her abolitionist heritage, investigation, and passion for justice, Ovington became an outspoken leader against racial violence and segregation in the early part of the 20th century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471168386
• ISBN13: 9780471168386
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.5" x 6.4"