Living with Jim Crow: African American Women and Memories of the Segregated South (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)

& Quot;This groundbreaking book collects black women's personal recollections of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Using first-person narratives, collected through oral history interviews, the book emphasizes women's role in their families and communities, treating women as important actors in the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the segregated South. By focusing on the commonalities of women's experiences, as well as the ways that women's lives differed from the experiences of southern black men, Living with Jim Crow analyzes the interlocking forces of racism and sexism"--Provided by publisher Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 Series Editors’ Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 We Did Well With What We Had: Remembering Black Life Behind the Veil......Page 16 CHAPTER 1 The Foundation Was There: Growing up a Girl in the Jim Crow South......Page 32 CHAPTER 2 What Is Expected Of You: Gender and Sexuality......Page 68 CHAPTER 3 You Are All Under Bondage, Which Is True: Working Lives......Page 94 CHAPTER 4 A Society Totally Our Own: Institutional and Cultural Life......Page 132 CHAPTER 5 I Like To Get Something Done: Fighting for Social and Political Change......Page 158 Afterword......Page 192 Appendix A: List of Interviews......Page 196 Appendix B: Sample Edited Transcript, from Interview with Ila J. Blue......Page 200 Notes......Page 204 Index......Page 222 Plates Section......Page 128 Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 Series Editors’ Foreword 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction 16 We Did Well With What We Had: Remembering Black Life Behind the Veil 16 CHAPTER 1 The Foundation Was There: Growing up a Girl in the Jim Crow South 32 CHAPTER 2 What Is Expected Of You: Gender and Sexuality 68 CHAPTER 3 You Are All Under Bondage, Which Is True: Working Lives 94 CHAPTER 4 A Society Totally Our Own: Institutional and Cultural Life 132 CHAPTER 5 I Like To Get Something Done: Fighting for Social and Political Change 158 Afterword 192 Appendix A: List of Interviews 196 Appendix B: Sample Edited Transcript, from Interview with Ila J. Blue 200 Notes 204 Index 222 Plates Section 128 0230619622,9780230619623 Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 Machine generated contents note: Introduction: We Did Well With What We Had: Remembering Black Life behind the Veil * Kin to Everybody: Childhood * Crossing Over into another World: Personal Relationships across the Lifespan * You are All under Bondage, which is True: Working Lives * A Society Totally Our Own: Institutional and Cultural Life in Black Communities * I Like to Get Something Done: Fighting for Social and Political Change. Using first-person narratives collected through oral history interviews, this groundbreaking book collects black women's memories of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South.