Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ257322
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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The Myth of the Black Matriarchy.
Staples, Robert
Black Scholar, v12 n6 p26-34 Nov-Dec 1981
Reprint of a 1970 article that describes the oppression of Blacks and the distortion of Black family life throughout United States history. Holds that the myth of Black matriarchy sets back the struggle for Black liberation. (GC)
Descriptors: Black History, Ethnic Stereotypes, Family (Sociological Unit), Sex Stereotypes, Slavery, Social Change
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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