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  1. 5 days ago · A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry; Kali N. Gross "A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our country. In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to ...

  2. 5 days ago · One of the most pervasive stereotypes constructed during the post-Civil War era, and arguably the most enduring image from the days of Jim Crow, the mammy was a staple caricature in the romanticization of the Antebellum South. Popularized into the twentieth century by characters such as “Mammy” in MGM’s hit film Gone with the Wind (1939), this archetype of black domestic servitude was ...

  3. 4 days ago · Provides access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. The collection features papers from more than 35 states and was in part created from the most extensive African American newspaper archives in the U.S.

    • Gelman Library
    • 2011
  4. 4 days ago · Girls at Edison Tech High School unveiled their mural, "The Black Rosies," which honors the contributions of African American women during World War II. (Photo by Matt Churpita/WHAM, May 23, 2024 ...

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  6. 2 days ago · African Americans are mainly of African ancestry, but many have non-Black ancestors as well. African Americans are largely the descendants of enslaved people who were brought from their African homelands by force to work in the New World. Their rights were severely limited, and they were long denied a rightful share in the economic, social, and ...

    • Hollis Lynch
  7. 5 days ago · In November 1961, President John F. Kennedy and California Governor Pat Brown greeted 28 young ladies as they made their debut into society during The Links, Incorporated Los Angeles Chapter’s 10th annual cotillion at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The sitting president was foremost paying respect to singer Nat King Cole, whose daughter Carole was debuting that evening, yet his presence ...

  8. 4 days ago · Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party. This collection includes 448 digitized photographs selected from the Records of the National Woman's Party housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The images span from 1875 to 1938 but largely were created in the years between 1913 and 1922.

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