In our secret society Molly moon and the glamour money and power behind the Civil Rights Movement author Tanisha C ford illuminates a little known yet significant aspect of the Civil Rights era the PowerHouse fundraising effort that supported the movement the luncheons Galas Cabaret and traveling exhibitions attended by middle class and
Workingclass black families the press and Titans of Industry including win Rockefeller Molly moon founder of the National Urban League Gil and fundraiser extraordinaire helped raise Millions to fund the Civil Rights Movement she was a force behind the mutual Aid Network that connected black churches domestic and bluecollar laborers Social Clubs and
Sororities and fraternities across the country our secret society is both a dazzling portrait of The Fearless Molly moon and a behind the-scenes look at a forgotten piece of American history
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