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Black Women in America
black women in america, what do you want from me
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Undergraduate 2
10/22/2012

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Shaharazad Ali
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Wrote Black men's guide to Black women. Got a lot of slack fo it.
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Maria Stewart
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Was one of the first to deliver specific feminist sentiments. Argued that black woman had a duty to go forth. She argued this explicitly.
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Jarenal Lee
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First woman to preach in Bethal AME church. Talked about the concernse of black people not just the church.
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Sojourner Truth
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Wrote "Ain't I a Woman." Expressed woman's concerns against abolitionist movements. Black men get rights and women don't?!
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Frederick Douglas
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Large supporter of woman's rights, but only after African American's got theirs.
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Harriet Jacobs
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The greatest woman author regarding life as a slave. How her owner tried to rape her. She had two kids with another white man to spite him. Shows strength of Black woman and how they too were treated harshly during slavery.
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Ida B. Wells
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Turns lynching on its head and asks the question, who is truly barbaric. Argues that Black men who are successful are the ones who are lynched.
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Pierre Ruffin
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Created the National Federation of African American women. Brought all of the clubs together through a conference.
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NAFAA
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Created by Pierre Ruffin. A culmination of of the women's clubs in the late 19th century.
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NACW
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Mary Church Terell became the first president of this club. It is a combination of the NAFAA and the NLCW.
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Anna Julia Cooper
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Wrote "A Voice from the South." The first BlackĀ Feminest text. Analyzed the problem between Black Men and Women relationships. Fought that women is the ultimate fighter for civil rights.
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NACW
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by 1909 formed with 200 clubs and included state federations. By 1916 it consisted of over 1500 affiliates. Focused more on the uplifting of communities than anything else.
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NACW
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by 1909 formed with 200 clubs and included state federations. By 1916 it consisted of over 1500 affiliates. Focused more on the uplifting of communities than anything else.
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Margaret Washington
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Like her husband, she was for building strong communities as opposed to "fighting" for civil rights
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Dubois
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"The Talented 10th" were every educated black person would lead forth the masses to fight for civil rights.
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Jacques Garvey
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Rose as the NACW declined. Promoted black business and politics. Unify Africa for Africans but also fought for Black people everywhere. Argued women's actions should unify the genders and communities not divide.
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Domestic
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or "The Help." The primary source of work for African American females during segregation and after the first great migration that ended after WWI.
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Theater Owner's Booking Association
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Released Records and created an entertainment circuit for African Americans. Brought rural, urban and Caribbean immigrant blacks together. It also helped them mobilize against huge problems like lynching.
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Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1938
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Established to raise money for strike funds. They would have bake sales and shit. That's awesome.
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Margaret Bethune
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Once president of the NACW. Kinda drove it into the ground. Founded the National Coucil of Negro Women. Actively fought to include women in politics. Network with organizations to secure jobs for Black Women, (which must have been helpful following The Great Depression.)
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National Council of Negro Women NCNW
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A group that had a lot of support from the government. Agitated against discrimination. Actively sought to put women in politics.
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