Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2019
Abstract
Black women have made huge contributions to American society in movements, politics, and maintenance of the democracy. Black women have been relegated to footnotes, turned in memes, and largely ignored in politics and other areas of power. Notwithstanding the disrespect, disregard, and failures of the larger society to acknowledge that black own have made significant contributions, not only in the in entertainment industry, but in numerous other ways that have shaped out cultural and political landscape, black women's contributions to the larger society have been huge and impactful; yet there are so many blank spaces where their stories should reside. There is no question that gender plays a glaring role in the collection of history, and women from every other racial category may make a similar argument. However, black women are the focus of this Essay; other are are available to tell their own tales.
Recommended Citation
Patricia A. Broussard, Unbowed, Unbroken, and Unsung: The Unrecognized contributions of African American Women in Social Movement, Politics, and the Maintenance of Democracy, 25 Wm. & Mary J. Race Gender & Soc. Just. 631 (2019).
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