Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir
Josie R. Johnson, Arleta Little, Carolyn Holbrook


Paperback (Trade paperback US) | Apr 2021 | University of Minnesota Press | 9781517904456 | 200pp | 228x152mm | RFB | AUD$29.99, NZD$34.99
Hardback | Jun 2019 | University of Minnesota Press | 200pp | 228x152mm | RFB

How a Black woman from Texas became the most prominent civil rights activist in Minnesota, detailing seven remarkable decades of fighting for fairness in voting, housing, education, and employment.

A memoir about shouldering the cause of social justice during the darkest hours and brightest moments for civil rights in America — and, specifically, in Minnesota — Hope in the Struggle shines light on the difference one person can make. For Josie Johnson, this has meant making a difference as a Black woman in one of the nation's whitest states.