Edited by Gerald Boerner
Commentary:
Today we look at the second installment of African American women authors who have made major contributions to the literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of these authors are still alive and producing more of their great works. Many of these works help to document the journey of the Black people in this country from slavery to freedom. Many of them also document the struggles against the forces of bias, segregation, and relegation to second-class status; the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the legislation of the Great Society and the constitutional amendments are documented as well. These authors preserve the rich heritage of the African Americans.
Let us celebrate the lives and works of these authors. We now will proceed to examine the lives and works of these African American Women in more detail... GLB
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Quotations Related to Milestones in History — Black Women Authors:
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“As much as everyone wants to downplay racism, it exists. There’s a great mistrust among some African-Americans of white people.”
— Steve Mitchell
“I’d like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.”
— Leah Ward Sears
“I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike.”
— Anne Northup
