Black women in white America; a documentary history / edited by Gerda Lerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013, compiler.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xxxvi, 630 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, 1972.

Contents:

1. Slavery. Purchase and Sale; Tell it like it was; The struggle for survival

day-to-day resistance; A woman's fate; On the road to freedom

2. The Struggle for Education. Learning to teach; Teaching the Freedmen; School Founders

A Woman's Lot. Black women are sex objects for white men; The myth of the "bad" black woman; The rape of black women as a weapon of terror; black women attack the lynching system

4. Making a Living. Doing domestic work; From service jobs to the factory

5. Survival is a From of Resistance

6. In Government Service and Political Life

7. The Monster Prejudice. In the grip of the monster; Freedom

Now!

8. "Lifting As We Climb". From benevolent societies to national club movement; Interracial work; Inside a white organization-The Young Women's Christian Association; Grass-roots work

9. Race Pride

10. Black Women Speak of Womanhood.

Notes:

"Design by Bonnie Spiegel."

"Jacket design by Linda Kosarin."

"If there is one theme that can emerge from the documentary record here presented, it is the strength, racial pride and sense of community of black women."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy was former library book with stamps, date due slip, pocket and call number from East Providence Public Library.

Banks Collection copy has stamp "No Longer Property of East Providence Public Library".

ISBN:

0394475402 :

OCLC:

282004