Gabrielle David, "Trailblazers: Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, American Firsts/American Icons" (2leaf Press, 2021)
New Books in Gender
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Dance and Black Women's Femininity
Dance was the easiest section for me because, you know, i wanted to be a dancer, but i was told i was too tall. And so these women who got involved with dance, it was not just about culture. It was also about black women's femininity and that we're beautiful,. "When we get on stage, we look beautiful," she says.
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