American racism is fundamentally wrapped up with questions of personal identity, not least of which are the cultural categories of manhood and womanhood. Presented by Ling and Monteith (both of the U. of Nottingham, UK), nine papers explore the role of gender in the historic efforts to overcome racism. Among the topics are the sexual politics of rhythm and blues and the black freedom struggle, class and gender in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, conceptions of manhood at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the role of women in the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, gender in contemporary fictional portrayals of the 1960s, and black women in Congress in the 1990s. This is a paperbound edition of a work first published in 1999. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)