Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves, 1894-1994
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 039331992X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Wells to Anita Hill. Writing with the same magisterial eye for historical detail as in her best-selling Ar'n't I a Woman, Deborah Gray White has given us a moving and definitive history of struggle and freedom. An inspiring showcase of scholarship and sistership." - Nell Irvin Painter, Raleigh News & Observer Illustrated. "Splendid a broad and sweeping history that becomes an intensely personal experience for the reader. Too Heavy a Load reads like a wonderful historical novel."--Akilah Monifa, EmergeToo Heavy a Load celebrates this century's rich history of black women defending themselves, from Ida B. Finally, it tells the larger and lamentable story of how Americans began this century measuring racial progress by the status of black women but gradua
While doing so, it pieces together the engaging story of the backstage struggles in such early firebrand organizations as the National Association of Colored Women and the National Council of Negro Women. By including the clashes that strong personalities and different aims beget, White brings dimension to her story and provides strong illustration for her contention that "gender and race sameness are no guarantee of a beloved sisterhood." --Francesca Coltrera. Yet the creed of betterment espoused by many black club women overlay sometimes-bitter commentary on black men for their failures as supporters and protectors. In the last decade of the 1800s, lynching, mob violence, and segregation were well-entrenched responses to the American "race problem." Rising up in spirited defense, black women laun
Deborah Gray White is professor of history and co-director of the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis at Rutgers University. She is also the author of Too Heavy a Load.
zoe said Informative read.. I really appreciated the interest Deborah White has taken in this time period and in these people. The book is intended for those that are truly interested in the development of the role NACW in a hundred year span. The book could be used more specifically for those studying the liberation of women or African Americans in this time period. White is a teacher by profession and that comes though in the book. It was written more to educate, not to entertain.. Very good read. Assisted me on my Thesis for Grad School on African American Women. Very good read.. Five Stars Good Price, speedy delivery!