Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (2 Volume set) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253327741 ISBN 13: 9780253327741

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Provides 641 biographies and 163 topical essays discussing the important roles Black women have played in American history

About this title

From the Back Cover

'With 604 full-scale biographical entries (and more than 450 photographs), the engagingly written 2,267-page work promises to become an invaluable school and library tool.' --People

About the Author

Darlene Clark Hine is the Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History at Northwestern University. The numerous books and articles she has written and edited include A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America; Hine Sight: Black Women and the Re-Construction of American History; Eyes on the Prize, History of the Civil Rights Era, A Reader; Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession, 1890-1950; Black Victory: The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas; and "Black Women's History, White Women's History: the Juncture of Race and Class." She is a past president of both the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0253327741
• ISBN 13: 9780253327741
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Editor: Hine Darlene Clark, Brown Elsa Barkley, Terborg-Penn Rosalyn