A Black Women's History of the United States

A Black Women's History of the United StatesA revealing history at once sobering and empowering showing Black women's expansive contributions since the 1600s. Spanning over 400 years, this book, written by two award winning Black women historians, prioritizes all voices: from poor and working class domestics to middle class reform women to sex workers and female convicts. The book challenges historical stereotypes and myths but also offers a contemporary understanding of Black women in America,

A revealing history - at once sobering and empowering - showing Black women's expansive contributions since the 1600s.

Spanning over 400 years, this book, written by two award-winning Black women historians, prioritizes all voices: from poor and working-class domestics to middle-class reform women to sex workers and female convicts. The book challenges historical stereotypes and myths but also offers a contemporary understanding of Black women in America, highlighting diverse voices and lives--from activists to athletes to rappers. Focusing on the unique and expansive experience of Black women, Berry and Gross reach far beyond a single narrative of Black women in America. The result is a book that centers race, gender and sexuality in the North, as well as the South, and in both rural and urban areas, to show that Black women are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our history.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 02/04/2020
ISBN: 9780807033555
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019 pg. 158
Library Journal 01/01/2020 pg. 84
Booklist 01/01/2020 pg. 21
Shelf Awareness 02/14/2020