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A Black women's history of the United States

Title
A Black women's history of the United States / Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross.
Author
Berry, Daina Ramey
Publication
  • Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
Gross, Kali N., 1972-
Description
xii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.
Summary
"A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our country. In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women's unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross offer an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African women who arrived in what became the United States to African American women of today. A Black Women's History of the United States reaches far beyond a single narrative to showcase Black women's lives in all their fraught complexities. Berry and Gross prioritize many voices: enslaved women, freedwomen, religious leaders, artists, queer women, activists, and women who lived outside the law. The result is a starting point for exploring Black women's history and a testament to the beauty, richness, rhythm, tragedy, heartbreak, rage, and enduring love that abounds in the spirit of Black women in communities throughout the nation."--Publisher's website.
Series Statement
ReVisioning American history
Uniform Title
Revisioning American history.
Subject
  • African American women > History
  • Community activists > United States > History
  • African American women executives > History
  • African American civic leaders > History
  • African American women > Political activity > History
  • Sex role > United States > History
  • Women's rights > United States > History
  • Community life > United States > History
  • Racism > United States > History
  • African American women
  • Gender roles
  • Role behavior
  • Women's movement
  • Social movements
  • Racism
  • Community activists
  • African American women executives
  • African American civic leaders
  • African American women > Political activity
  • Sex role
  • Women's rights
  • Community life
  • Social conditions
  • Race relations
  • United States > Social conditions > History
  • United States > Race relations > History
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-252) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Nannie's legacy and the histories of Black women -- Isabel's expedition and freedom before 1619 -- Angela's exodus out of Africa, 1619-1760 -- Belinda's petition for independence, 1760-1820 -- Millie and Christine's performance and the expansion of slavery, 1820-1860 -- Mary's apron and the demise of slavery, 1860-1876 -- Frances's sex and the dawning of the Black woman's era, 1876-1915 -- Augusta's clay, migration, and the Depression, 1915-1940 -- Alice's medals and Black women's war at home, 1940-1950 -- Aurelia's lawsuit against Jim Crow, 1950-1970 -- Shirley's run, Black power, politics, and Black feminism, 1970-2000 -- Conclusion: Patricia's climb and the sisters holding down liberty -- Afterword.
Call Number
E185.86
ISBN
  • 0807033553
  • 9780807033555
LCCN
2019026852
OCLC
1096284843
Author
Berry, Daina Ramey, author.
Title
A Black women's history of the United States / Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross.
Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
ReVisioning American history
Revisioning American history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-252) and index.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Gross, Kali N., 1972- author.
Other Form:
Online version: Berry, Daina Ramey. A black women's history of the United States. Boston : Beacon Press, 2020 9780807033562 (DLC) 2019026853
Research Call Number
*R-RMRR E185.86 .B475 2020
Sc E 20-412
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