Making a way out of no way : African American women and the second great migration / Lisa Krissoff Boehm.

Over seven years, Lisa Krissoff Boehm gathered oral histories with women migrants and their children, two groups largely overlooked in the story of this event. She also utilized existing oral histories with migrants and southerners in leading archives. In extended excerpts from the oral histories, a...

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Main Author: Boehm, Lisa Krissoff, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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Summary:Over seven years, Lisa Krissoff Boehm gathered oral histories with women migrants and their children, two groups largely overlooked in the story of this event. She also utilized existing oral histories with migrants and southerners in leading archives. In extended excerpts from the oral histories, and in thoughtful scholarly analysis of the voices, this book offers a unique window into African American women's history.
Physical Description:xx, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index.
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