“. . . black women . . . are trained from childhood to become workers, and expect to be financially self-supporting for most of their lives. They know they will have to work, whether they are married or single; work to them, unlike to white women, is not a liberating goal, but rather an imposed lifelong necessity.” KnowsSelfGoalBlackWhiteChildhoodMarriedWorkersDishesBlack WomenLiberatingLifelong Author:Gerda Lerner
“Black people cannot and will not become integrated into American society on any terms but those of self-determination and autonomy.” PeopleSelfBlackTermDeterminationBlack PeopleSelf DeterminationAutonomyIntegratedAmerican Society Author:Gerda Lerner