{"product_id":"9780553387254","title":"How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eChatelain, Marcia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePantheon\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFranchise\u003c\/i\u003e comes the little-known story of the pioneering Black women artists and activists who were seen, but barely heard, at the 1963 March on Washington.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eChatelain lets us see the complexities of these women’s lives, feel their pain, and marvel at their ability to cut through the thicket of racism and sexism.\"—Carol Anderson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Rage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Chatelain brilliantly reframes one of the most enduring images in American memory through the women erased from its frame.\"—Alexis Coe, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eYou Never Forget Your First\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no shortage of footage immortalizing the men who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when 250,000 Americans gathered beneath the Lincoln Memorial to call for an end to segregation. There were reverends and rabbis, activists and Rat-Pack icons—and of course the day's headliner, whose prophetic dream of a post-Jim Crow world has forever defined the Civil Rights Movement. But there is no “class photo” of the Black women who helped organize the march, performed on its main stage, or were honored during its “Tribute to Negro Women Fighters for Freedom.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow Bright the Path Grows\u003c\/i\u003e, Marcia Chatelain weaves a gleaming group portrait of these singular women. Among this cohort were several household names: vaudeville icon Josephine Baker; civil rights activist Rosa Parks gospel legend Mahalia Jackson, and Daisy Bates, champion of the Little Rock Nine. But many were relative unknowns, including Eva Jessye, the choir director who designed the day’s musical program, and Anna Hedgeman, the coordinator who pushed in the eleventh hour for a tribute to Black women’s work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Bright the Path Grows\u003c\/i\u003e is a scintillating group biography, rendering the lives of thirteen Black women visionaries—some famous, others soon to be—in novelistic detail and like never seen before.","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47657929703679,"sku":"9780553387254","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780553387254_s600x595.jpg?v=1780336046","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780553387254","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}