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Historic Southern Social Justice Organizer Authors New Book

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Susan Pharr holds up a sign at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest in Atlanta.

Southern feminist, queer, and anti-racist organizer and writer, Suzanne Pharr has chronicled her life’s work in a new book, titled Transformation: Towards A People’s Democracy (Virginia Tech Publishing). The book is available for purchase, or free download  through Creative Commons. Pharr is former director of the Women's Projectin Little Rock which held a free virtual 40th Anniversary Reunion Oct 9th.

Correction: We report that Suzanne Pharr was lead organizer for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Pharr served in that capacity at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas.

 

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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