My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the ProfessionsRoutledge, 1993 - 213 pages Presents the lives of early 20th-century African-American women in a unique context - their own words. The women themselves are as extraordinary as the language they use to describe their experiences, at home, university and work. |
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... grandmother's front porch listening to her assess the strengths and weaknesses of the small southern African American community that was our home . Nannie seemed to know something about every- thing and everyone , and she expressed a ...
... grandmother's front porch listening to her assess the strengths and weaknesses of the small southern African American community that was our home . Nannie seemed to know something about every- thing and everyone , and she expressed a ...
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... grandmother ah , opened the first school for black children , in her home . And I have her certificate ah , to teach reading , writing and spelling with arithmetic crossed out because the , Board of Education for the state felt that it ...
... grandmother ah , opened the first school for black children , in her home . And I have her certificate ah , to teach reading , writing and spelling with arithmetic crossed out because the , Board of Education for the state felt that it ...
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... grandmother's baby . She always liked the corner of the corn bread . . . . My grandmother made corn bread in a long pan and she [ my mother's sister ] liked the corner of the corn bread and we would have an argument about that . And my ...
... grandmother's baby . She always liked the corner of the corn bread . . . . My grandmother made corn bread in a long pan and she [ my mother's sister ] liked the corner of the corn bread and we would have an argument about that . And my ...
Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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