Black Women in White America

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.

Year

1972

Language

English

Publisher

Vintage

Editions

1

Pages

10

ISBN

9780679743149

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