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The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's Activism (Paperback)
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The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's Activism (Paperback)
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Loot Price R516
Discovery Miles 5 160
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Following on the heels of the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago
Renaissance was a resonant flourishing of African American arts,
literature, theater, music, and intellectualism, from 1930 to 1955.
Anne Meis Knupfer's The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's
Activism demonstrates the complexity of black women's many vital
contributions to this unique cultural flowering. The book examines
various groups of black female activists, including writers and
actresses, social workers, artists, school teachers, and women's
club members to document the impact of social class, gender,
nativity, educational attainment, and professional affiliations on
their activism. Together, these women worked to sponsor black
history and literature, to protest overcrowded schools, and to act
as a force for improved South Side housing and employment
opportunities. Knupfer also reveals the crucial role these women
played in founding and sustaining black cultural institutions, such
as the first African American art museum in the country; the first
African American library in Chicago; and various African American
literary journals and newspapers. As a point of contrast, Knupfer
also examines the overlooked activism of working-class and poor
women in the Ida B. Wells and Altgeld Gardens housing projects.
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