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 this hidden history of how the Civil Rights Movement
Was funded is an essential part of understanding the business of movement making and the real cost of pursuing social justice our secret society lifts the Veil from this sometimes opulent sometimes grimy world of fundraising by piecing together Molly Moon’s coveted Rolodex we can chart her rise from leftist social worker to famed
African-American fundraiser as the Harlem Renaissance folded into the Civil Rights Movement we can see the strategies odd alliances with the white philanthropic Upper Crust and networks of African-American Grassroots organizations celebrities and millionaire business people who have been relegated to the margins of US History political Intrigue compromise and confrontation beautiful gowns and
Luxury hotels protests and violent uprisings it’s all part of the story behind the Civil Rights Movement
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