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Concurrently, the history of African American women is unique because these women occupy a nexus of two groups of marginalized people, women and African Americans. This unusual position has afforded these women a peculiar perspective on American citizenship in the areas of labor, politics, entertainment, academics, sports and religion to name a few. From the era of enslavement, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Progressive era, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement and the close of the twentieth century, black women have fought racism, sexism, classism and other obstacles in seeking to establish their humanity, womanhood and citizenship. Their story is a multi-layered tale of travail and triumph. These women befriended white men and women, while simultaneously fighting rampant streams of white supremacy, sexual violence and internal dissension and ever-present stereotypes.
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