Down from the mountaintop : Black women's novels in the wake of the civil rights movement, 1966-1989

Down from the mountaintop : Black women's novels in the wake of the civil rights movement, 1966-1989 / Melissa Walker.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Walker, Melissa
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, c1991.
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Civil rights movements in literature. African American women in literature. African Americans in literature.

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