Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps

Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps
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Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9781682261675
ISBN-13 : 1682261670
Rating : 4/5 (670 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps by : Cherisse Jones-Branch

Download or read book Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps written by Cherisse Jones-Branch and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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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