Ebook: Open wide the freedom gates: a memoir

A heroine of the Civil Rights Movement tells the remarkable story of her life, her work, and what it means to be both black and a woman.;Praise; Title Page; Dedication; Foreword; Chapter One -- A "Little Old Lady"; Chapter Two -- Keeping the Faith; Chapter Three -- Coming of Age in Harlem; Chapter Four -- "Me Culled Too"; Chapter Five -- Building a New World; Chapter Six -- Turning Points; Chapter Seven -- Wartime Washington; Chapter Eight -- Step by Step; Chapter Nine -- The Land of the Free; Chapter Ten -- "Women Are the Shock Absorbers"; Chapter Eleven -- Behind the "Cotton Curtain"; Chapter Twelve -- Mississippi, Crucible of Change; Chapter Thirteen -- Living up to Our Promise; Chapter Fourteen -- Citizen of the World