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Too Heavy a Load examines a full century of African American women’s courage in confronting racism and male chauvinism while shaping civil and women’s rights movements. The book illuminates how black women’s experiences and advocacy have historically been ignored, and how, over time, American racial consciousness shifted from women to men. Through archival research and illustrative accounts, it reveals the painful struggle of black women to maintain their racial and gender identities amid competing pressures from white women and black men.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Deborah G. White
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