The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
- Written by Vicki Crawford, Professor of Africana Studies, Morehouse College
Women listen during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesHistorian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories of female leaders whose legacies have often been...