A Voice from the South

by Anna Julia Cooper

Book Overview

Considered one of the original texts foretelling the black feminist movement, this collection of essays, first published in 1892, offers an unparalleled view into the thought of black women writers in nineteenth-century America. A leading black spokeswoman of her time, Anna Julia Cooper came of age during a conservative wave in the black community, a time when men completely dominated African-American intellectual and political ideas. In these essays,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195063236
• ISBN13: 9780195063233
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"

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