black women in the integration
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Higginbotham, Elizabeth
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- B2669 - B
- Thesaurus
- onderwijs, zwarte vrouwen, sociale klasse, racisme, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Drawing on extensive questionnaires and interviews with Black women graduates, the author sketches the patterns that connected and divided the women who integrated American higher education before the age of affirmative action. The author gives a historical context to the legacy of Black women's struggles for education and respect in the United States. Attention is paid to the importance of social class and racial prejudice.