Righteous Propagation


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Between 1877 and 1930 African American activists promoted an array of strategies for progress and power built around "racial destiny", the idea that black Americans formed a collective whose future existence would be determined by the actions of its members. Michele Mitchell examines the reproductive implications of "racial destiny".




From Bourgeois to Boojie


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Examines how generations of African Americans perceive, proclaim, and name the combined performance of race and class across genres.




Growing Up Jim Crow


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Sheds new light on the racial etiquette of the South after the Civil War, examining what factors contributed to the unwritten rules of individual behavior for both white and black children. Simultaneous.













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