A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America
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This history of the experience of black women opens with an account of the life of Lucy Terry, who was brought as a slave to Deerfield, Massachusetts, when she was a child in about 1735. At 16, Terry wrote a poem, "Bars Fight," the first work of literature by a black American. Years later, married and free, Terry argued for the admission of her son to Williams College and, when a white man tried ... More
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Publisher | Broadway |
Binding | Hardcover (5 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 368 |
ISBN-10 | 076790110X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0767901109 |
Publication Date | 01/12/1998 |
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