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Living with Jim Crow: African American Women and Memories of the Segregated South

By Leslie Brown , Anne Valk

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
0230619622, 9780230619623
LCC
E185.61 .L597 2010
Google Books ID
O7LuQQAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL23963005M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2223115 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in Oral History
Pages
228\228
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This groundbreaking book collects black women’s personal recollections of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Using first-person narratives, collected through oral history interviews, the book emphasizes women’s role in their families and communities, treating women as important actors in the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the segregated South. By focusing on the commonalities of women’s experiences, as well as the ways that women’s lives differed from the experiences of southern black men, Living with Jim Crow analyzes the interlocking forces of racism and sexism.

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