Black women in white America

Description

Recipient of the 2002 Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Historical Writing. In this “stunning collection of documents” (*Washington Post Book World*), African-American women speak of themselves, their lives, ambitions, and struggles from the colonial period to the present day. Theirs are stories 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. Their vivid accounts, their strong and insistent voices, make for inspiring reading, enriching our understanding of the American past.

First Sentence

The plantation slave system formed a separate and distinct culture which bound both master and slave in a complex and interdependent relationship.

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Other Editions

• Black women in white America: a documentary history.Vintage Books1973-01-01
• Black women in white AmericaPantheon Books1972-01-01
• Black women in white AmericaPantheon Books1972-01-01
• Black women in white AmericaPantheon Books1972-01-01
• Black women in white AmericaVintage Books1992-01-01
• Black women in white AmericaVintage Books1992-01-01