Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves, 1894-1994

by Deborah Gray White

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Too Heavy a Load celebrates this century's rich history of black women defending themselves, from Ida B. Wells to Anita Hill. Although most prominently a history of the century-long struggle against racism and male chauvinism, Deborah Gray White also movingly illuminates black women's painful struggle to hold their racial and gender identities intact while feeling the inexorable pull of the agendas of white women and black men. Finally, it tells...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:039331992X

ISBN13:9780393319927

Release Date:November 1999

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:322 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Gay & Lesbian History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nonfiction Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Specific Topics Women's Studies

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