Words of Witness Black Women's Autobiography in the Post-Brown Era |
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| Author:
| Ards, Angela A. |
| Series title: | Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-30504-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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A literary and political genealogy of the last half-century, Words of Witness explores black feminist autobiographical narratives--in particular by June Jordan, Edwidge Danticat, Melba Beals, Rosemary Bray, and Eisa Davis--in the context of activism and history since the landmark 1954 segregation case, Brown vs. the Board of Education.
A literary and political genealogy of the last half-century, Words of Witness explores black feminist autobiographical narratives--in particular by June Jordan, Edwidge Danticat, Melba Beals, Rosemary Bray, and Eisa Davis--in the context of activism and history since the landmark 1954 segregation case, Brown vs. the Board of Education.