Better living by their own bootstraps : Black women's activism in rural Arkansas, 1914-1965 /
Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps is the first major study to consider Black women's activism in rural Arkansas. The text explores Arkansas's rural history to foreground Black women's navigation of racial and gender politics as a means to uplift African Americans, develop opportun...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Fayetteville :
University of Arkansas Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Arkansas history (Fayetteville, Ark.)
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| Summary: | Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps is the first major study to consider Black women's activism in rural Arkansas. The text explores Arkansas's rural history to foreground Black women's navigation of racial and gender politics as a means to uplift African Americans, develop opportunities for social mobility and subvert the formidable structures of white supremacy during the Jim Crow years. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781682261668 1682261662 9781682261675 1682261670 |