From slave cabins to the White House : homemade citizenship in African American culture / Koritha Mitchell.

"Most Americans would agree that devoted wives and mothers make families strong and that strong families are the bedrock of society. Yet, throughout this nation's history, black women have managed to become model mothers and wives, but their doing so has not kept them from being mistaken for "welfar...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Koritha (Author)
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:New Black studies series.
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Physical Description:xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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