1. The Radical Act of “Lifting As We Climb” In the late 19th century, African American women were trapped in the crosshairs of a vicious, two-front war. As the post-Reconstruction era collapsed into the “nadir” of racial status, Black women faced a systematic, coordinated attack on their moral character and citizenship (Balfour, 2015, 684). This […]

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