Footage of the brawl captures a group of males in an Los Angeles street clash before plastic barricades are ripped from their fittings and hurled through the air

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories of female leaders whose legacies have often been overshadowed.