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Before They Had Bootstraps: A Case Study of Intergenerational Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1880 – 1944

Posted on May 1, 2024 by admin

Examines the everyday activism and achievements of four generations of Black Arkansas women to cultivate and embrace homemade citizenship in their words and deeds while facing white aggression within the historical context of slavery, reconstruction, Black Codes, and Jim Crow. Continue reading →

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Annie Zachary Pike: Arkansas Homemaker, Farmer and Politician

Posted on February 20, 2019 by ccprescott

Pike exemplifies the underexplored activism of Black rural Arkansas women. Continue reading →

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Refugee from the Plantation South: Marie Wilson’s Flight from Privilege to Notoriety

Posted on September 19, 2018 by ccprescott

Marie Wilson rejected the rigid world of the plantation and embraced an unorthodox and worldly lifestyle. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arkansas, family, history, marriage, race | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Arkansas

Before They Had Bootstraps: A Case Study of Intergenerational Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1880 – 1944

Annie Zachary Pike: Arkansas Homemaker, Farmer and Politician

Refugee from the Plantation South: Marie Wilson’s Flight from Privilege to Notoriety

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