African American Women and Christian Activism : : New York’s Black YWCA, 1905-1945 / / Judith Weisenfeld.
The middle class black women who people Judith Weisenfeld's history were committed both to social action and to institutional expression of their religious convictions. Their story provides an illuminating perspective on the varied forces working to improve quality of life for African Americans...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1997 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. “Bend the Tree While It Is Young”: Institutional Alliances/ Institutional Appropriations
- 2. “If One Life Shines”: African American Women in Networks
- 3. “The Home-Made Girl”: Constructing a Mobile Private Space
- 4. “We Are It”: Building on the Urban Frontier
- 5. “Interwoven Destinies”: Wars at Home and Abroad
- 6. “A Grand Place”: Black America’s Community Center
- 7. “Against the Tide”: Interracial Work and Racial Conflict
- Notes
- Index
- Introduction