Living with Jim Crow: African American Women and Memories of the Segregated South

This groundbreaking book collects black women's personal recollections of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Using first-person narratives, collected through oral history interviews, the book emphasizes women's role in their families and communities, treating women as important actors in the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the segregated South. By focusing on the commonalities of women's experiences, as well as the ways that women's lives differed from the experiences of southern black men, Living with Jim Crow analyzes the interlocking forces of racism and sexism.

Author: L. Brown, A. Valk
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/20/2010
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780230621527

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2011

About the Author
ANNE VALK is Associate Director for Programs of the John Nicholas Brown Centre, Brown University, USA. LESLIE BROWN is Assistant Professor of History at Williams College, USA, and the author of Upbuilding Black Durham.