Civil rights movement Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Sexist discrimination ==== Many women who participated in the movement experienced [[Sexism|gender discrimination]] and [[sexual harassment]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/women-in-the-civil-rights-movement/ |title=Women in the Civil Rights Movement β Civil Rights History Project |work=The Library of Congress |access-date=March 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328070559/https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/women-in-the-civil-rights-movement/ |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the SCLC, [[Ella Baker]]'s input was discouraged in spite of her being the oldest and most experienced person on the staff.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://time.com/4633460/mlk-day-ella-baker/ |title=On MLK Day, Honor the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement |magazine=Time |access-date=March 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220173039/http://time.com/4633460/mlk-day-ella-baker/ |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are many other accounts and examples.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sexism in the Civil Rights Movement: A Discussion Guide|url=https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/sexism-in-the-civil-rights-movement-a-discussion-guide|last=Holladay|first=Jennifer|date=2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Gender and the Civil Rights Movement|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-8135-3438-1|editor-last=Ling|editor-first=Peter J.|editor2-last=Monteith|editor2-first=Sharon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Women in the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/women-in-the-civil-rights-movement/|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dorothy Height and the Sexism of the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://www.theroot.com/dorothy-height-and-the-sexism-of-the-civil-rights-movem-1790879502|last=Delaney|first=Paul|date=May 12, 2010|website=The Root}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page