When and where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America
- ISBN-10
- 0553345613
- ISBN-13
- 9780553345612
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- Bantam Dell Publishing Group
- Author
- Paula Giddings
Description
The first history of black women activists, this is a narrative history tracing the concerns of black women and what they did about them--from the 17th century to the present. "A triumphant study destined to become a prime sourcebook".--Publishers Weekly.
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- 1996-08-16
- 416 pages
- Paperback
- William Morrow Paperbacks
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