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Searching For Sisterhood: Black Women, Race And The Georgia Era, Jennifer Powell Gonzalez
Searching For Sisterhood: Black Women, Race And The Georgia Era, Jennifer Powell Gonzalez
History Theses
This Thesis is a local study employing new definitions of political activism and using oral histories, personal records and organizational archived material to debunk the myth that the feminist struggle surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment was separate from issues of race. Black women were involved in the fight for the ERA although not necessarily in the ways that White men and women might expect. Additionally, even when not obviously present, proponents and opponents of the ERA argued over the idea of Black women and race. Concern about Black women, overt racism and coded race language were all a part of …