Black Women United: A Look at Black Club Women in Durham, North Carolina 1917-1953
- NCCU Author/Contributor (non-NCCU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Andre' Vann, Coordinator of University Archives and Instructor of Public History (Creator)
- Institution
- North Carolina Central University (NCCU )
- Web Site: www.nccu.edu/academics/library/
Abstract: The study of the early African American women's club movements in North Carolina, has been given little attention. In the 1890's clubs throughout the state began to form federations. Black women organized, wherever an urgent social need remained unmet. More frequently , women's clubs were formed in order to provide kindergartens, nursery schools, or daycare centers for black children. The absence of social welfare instructions in many southern communities and the exclusion of blacks from those that already existed led African-American women to found orphanages, old folk's homes and numerous institutions.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 1995