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© 2021 by Laura L. Lovett

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Text design and composition by Kim Arney

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lovett, Laura L., author.

Title: With her fist raised : Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the transformative power of black community activism / Laura L. Lovett.

Description: Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020011361 (print) | LCCN 2020011362 (ebook) | ISBN 9780807008898 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780807008973 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Hughes, Dorothy Pitman. | African American feminists—Biography. | African American women civic leaders—Biography. | African American businesspeople—Biography. | Feminism—United States. | United States—Social conditions—1945- | United States—Race relations. | United States—Politics and government.

Classification: LCC HQ1413.P58 L68 2021 (print) | LCC HQ1413.P58 (ebook)

DDC 305.42092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020011361

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020011362