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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Main Author: Jones-Branch, Cherisse (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Arkansas Press
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, [2021]
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.
Physical Description:viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781682261668
1682261662
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1682261670