Black women in white America
Subtitle: a documentary history.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 630
Subjects: Afro-American women -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Description: "In this fine collection of rare documentary sources, many of them previously unpublished, African-American women in their rich diversity speak of themselves, their lives, their ambitions, their struggles. Theirs are stores of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence. In the spirit of the slave mother who counseled her daughter, "Fight, and if you can't fight, kick; if you can't kick, then bite," black women resisted sexual abuse and economic oppression, cared for black children and neighbors, and organized for survival and political power. Their vivid accounts, their strong and insistent voices, make for inspiring reading, enriching our understanding of the American past"--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.