Black women, historically, have been doubly victimized by the twin immoralities of Jim Crow and Jane Crow. . … - Pauli Murray

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What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.

Pauli Murray

Black women, historically, have been doubly victimized by the twin immoralities of Jim Crow and Jane Crow. . . . Black women, faced with these dual barriers, have often found that sex bias is more formidable than racial bias.

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