Surviving the silence
Subtitle: Black women's stories of rape
By: by Charlotte Pierce-Baker.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Rape -- United States -- Case studies.; African American women -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: In this necessary book, Charlotte Pierce-Baker weaves together the accounts of black women who have been raped and who have felt that they had to remain silent in order to protect themselves and their race. Surviving the Silence opens with the author's harrowing and courageous account of her rape in her middle-class home outside of Philadelphia.

Including the stories of the author's own family's response, plus the voices of black men who have supported rape survivors, Surviving the Silence becomes a full chorus that sings of black women's survival.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-279).