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Clara Burrill Bruce: An Aristocrat in the African American Freedom Struggle

Clara Burrill Bruce: An Aristocrat in the African American Freedom Struggle

Crystal Sanders
2014
2014

Abstract

“Clara Burrill Bruce: An Aristocrat in the African American Freedom Struggle,” in Liberating Minds…Liberating Society: Black Women in the Development of American Culture and Society, Lopez D. Matthews, Jr. and Kenvi C. Phillips, eds., (Lexington, KY: Association of Black Women Historians, 2014).

Throughout the black experience, African American women contributed to the cultural, economic, educational, and political development of the African American community. They did so while maintaining the image of respectable women who supported both each other and their race. Topics discussed include black femininity, pathological matriarchy in the African American community, and black women on the international stage. The book is published by the Association of Black Women Historians.
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Abstract

“Clara Burrill Bruce: An Aristocrat in the African American Freedom Struggle,” in Liberating Minds…Liberating Society: Black Women in the Development of American Culture and Society, Lopez D. Matthews, Jr. and Kenvi C. Phillips, eds., (Lexington, KY: Association of Black Women Historians, 2014).

Throughout the black experience, African American women contributed to the cultural, economic, educational, and political development of the African American community. They did so while maintaining the image of respectable women who supported both each other and their race. Topics discussed include black femininity, pathological matriarchy in the African American community, and black women on the international stage. The book is published by the Association of Black Women Historians.

Social Movements

Black Feminist, Black Grassroots

Keywords

Community Organizing, Gender, North America, Race

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning, Social Movements Within; Through; and for Public Education

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