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African American Women and Christian Activism
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments v
  4. 1. “Bend the Tree While It Is Young”: Institutional Alliances/ Institutional Appropriations 9
  5. 2. “If One Life Shines”: African American Women in Networks 37
  6. 3. “The Home-Made Girl”: Constructing a Mobile Private Space 63
  7. 4. “We Are It”: Building on the Urban Frontier 91
  8. 5. “Interwoven Destinies”: Wars at Home and Abroad 121
  9. 6. “A Grand Place”: Black America’s Community Center 156
  10. 7. “Against the Tide”: Interracial Work and Racial Conflict 191
  11. Notes 203
  12. Index 227
  13. Introduction 1
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674862661.c4

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments v
  4. 1. “Bend the Tree While It Is Young”: Institutional Alliances/ Institutional Appropriations 9
  5. 2. “If One Life Shines”: African American Women in Networks 37
  6. 3. “The Home-Made Girl”: Constructing a Mobile Private Space 63
  7. 4. “We Are It”: Building on the Urban Frontier 91
  8. 5. “Interwoven Destinies”: Wars at Home and Abroad 121
  9. 6. “A Grand Place”: Black America’s Community Center 156
  10. 7. “Against the Tide”: Interracial Work and Racial Conflict 191
  11. Notes 203
  12. Index 227
  13. Introduction 1
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