The Negro Family in the United StatesThe Negro Family in the United States, was hailed as a highly important contribution to the intimate history of the people of the United States. It was the first comprehensive study of the family life of African Americans, beginning with colonial-era slavery, extending through the years of slavery and emancipation, to the impact of Jim Crow and migrations to both southern and northern cities in the twentieth century. Frazier discussed all the themes that have concerned subsequent students of the African American family, including matriarchy and patriarchy, the impact of slavery on family solidarity and personal identity, the impact of long-term poverty and lack of access to education, migration and rootlessness, and the relationship between family and community. Frazier insisted that the characteristics of the family were shaped not by race, but by social conditions. |
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Page 260
... unmarried motherhood . That most of the unmarried Negro mothers are newcomers to the city is revealed in various studies . In New York City in 1930 about a fifth of the Negro women who became unmarried mothers were nonresidents . This ...
... unmarried motherhood . That most of the unmarried Negro mothers are newcomers to the city is revealed in various studies . In New York City in 1930 about a fifth of the Negro women who became unmarried mothers were nonresidents . This ...
Page 264
... unmarried mother . Naturally , the vast majority of the unmarried mothers come from the lower economic strata in the Negro population . Their parents or , where they are dependent upon their own labor , they themselves are engaged in ...
... unmarried mother . Naturally , the vast majority of the unmarried mothers come from the lower economic strata in the Negro population . Their parents or , where they are dependent upon their own labor , they themselves are engaged in ...
Page 265
... unmarried motherhood for some of these girls is sometimes the beginning of a series of such experiences . Of the 379 unmarried Negro mothers ... unmarried mothers in Chicago the case records revealed that about 13 per cent of them had had ...
... unmarried motherhood for some of these girls is sometimes the beginning of a series of such experiences . Of the 379 unmarried Negro mothers ... unmarried mothers in Chicago the case records revealed that about 13 per cent of them had had ...
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