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A Shining Thread of Hope

By - Hine, Darlene Clark , Thompson, Kathleen
Floor - Floor 1
Published - Broadway Books, New York, ©1998
ISBN 10 - 0767901118
ISBN 13 - 9780767901116
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - African American women
Shelf No - 14
Call Number - 305.4889 HIN
Physical Description - 355 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes - Include index
Book Information
At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by two leaders in the fields of African American and women's history. A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of antebellum plantations, from the reign of lynch law in the Jim Crow South to the triumphs of the Civil Rights era, and it illustrates how the story of black women in America is as much a tale of courage and hope as it is a history of struggle. On both an individual and a collective level, A Shining Thread of Hope reveals the strength and spirit of black women and brings their stories from the fringes of American history to a central position in our understanding of the forces and events that have shaped this country.

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