As tensions mounted before Freedom Summer, one organization
tackled the divide by opening lines of communication at the request
of local women: Wednesdays in Mississippi (WIMS). Employing an
unusual and deliberately feminine approach, WIMS brought
interracial, interfaith teams of northern middle-aged, middle- and
upper-class women to Mississippi to meet with their southern
counterparts. Sponsored by the National Council of Negro Women
(NCNW), WIMS operated on the belief that the northern participants'
gender, age, and class would serve as an entree to southerners who
had dismissed other civil rights activists as radicals. The WIMS
teams' respectable appearance and quiet approach enabled them to
build understanding across race, region, and religion where other
overtures had failed.
The only civil rights program created for women by women as part
of a national organization, WIMS offers a new paradigm through
which to study civil rights activism, challenging the stereotype of
Freedom Summer activists as young student radicals and
demonstrating the effectiveness of the subtle approach taken by
"proper ladies." The book delves into the motivations for women's
civil rights activism and the role religion played in influencing
supporters and opponents of the civil rights movement. Lastly, it
confirms that the NCNW actively worked for integration and black
voting rights while also addressing education, poverty, hunger,
housing, and employment as civil rights issues.
After successful efforts in 1964 and 1965, WIMS became Workshops
in Mississippi, which strived to alleviate the specific needs of
poor women. Projects that grew from these efforts still operate
today."
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