Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders | |
|---|---|
 Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders, from a 1923 newspaper. | |
| Born | Cecelia Hayne Holloway 1879 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | February 23, 1966 |
| Alma mater | Fisk University, Columbia University, New School for Social Research |
| Occupation | YWCA |
Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1879 – February 23, 1966) sometimes written as Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders, was an African-American civil rights leader, and executive director of the Harlem, New York YWCA. She is best known for working against racial discrimination in wartime employment during World War II,[1][2] for broader work training and opportunities for African-American women,[3] and against police violence in Harlem.[4]
- ^ Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders Papers, 1941-1945, New York Public Library.
- ^ "Social Work Agencies Here are Gratified that F. E. P. C. Is Cracking Down on War Plants" New York Age (June 27, 1942): 3. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Traci C. West, Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter (Westminster John Knox Press 2006): 18. ISBN 9780664229597
- ^ Thomas Lewis Schubeck, Love That Does Justice (Orbis Books 2015): 183. ISBN 9781608334025
