At The Dark End of the Street

At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power 

by Danielle L. McGuire, 2010, 324 pages, paperback.

 Selected and reviewed by Joanne Shawhan

A history of America's civil rights movement traces the pivotal influence of sexual violence that victimized African American women for centuries, revealing Rosa Parks' contributions as an anti-rape activist, years before her heroic bus protest.