African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935
by
Cheryl D. Hicks
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2010
With this book, Cheryl Hicks brings to light the voices and viewpoints of black working-class women, especially southern migrants, who were the subjects of urban and penal reform in early-twentieth-century New York. Hicks compares the ideals of racial uplift and reform programs of middle-class white...