Research Catalog

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

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

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.

Subjects

• Black author
• African American women > History
• United States > History
• History

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