My entry into Black women’s history was unexpected but agreeable. In the preface to Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, I recount the story of exactly how Shirley Herd (who, in addition to teaching in the local school system, was also president of the Indianapolis chapter of the National Council of Negro Women) successfully provoked me into changing my research and writing focus. Although I dedicate this volume to her and to her best friend, fellow club woman and retired primary school teacher Virtea Downey, I still blush at the fact that I went to graduate school to become a historian in order to contribute to the Black Struggle for social justice and yet met her request to write a history of Black women in Indiana with reluctance. I had never even thought about Black women as historical subjects with their own relations to a state’s history, and I thought her invitation and phone call extraordinarily intrusive. Only later did I concede how straightfo
A. discovered Black women’s history when she was in graduate school
B. became a historian to help Black people in America achieve social justice
C. developed her research skills by undertaking a challenging project
D. came to view Black women as a worthy subject for historical analysis
My entry into Black women’s history was unexpected but agreeable. In the preface to Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, I recount the story of exactly how Shirley Herd (who, in addition to teaching in the local school system, was also president of the Indianapolis chapter of the National Council of Negro Women) successfully provoked me into changing my research and writing focus. Although I dedicate this volume to her and to her best friend, fellow club woman and retired primary school teacher Virtea Downey, I still blush at the fact that I went to graduate school to become a historian in order to contribute to the Black Struggle for social justice and yet met her request to write a history of Black women in Indiana with reluctance. I had never even thought about Black women as historical subjects with their own relations to a state’s history, and I thought her invitation and phone call extraordinarily intrusive. Only later did I concede how straightfo
A. Because she knew that historians should avoid controversial subjects
B. Because there were too many other projects requiring her attention
C. Because she viewed Herd’s request as irrelevant and presumptuous
D. Because she knew that Herd had not been to graduate school
M: Where is my black sweater
W: It’s in the washing machine．You’ve got to wear the yellow one, I’m afraid．
Conversation Two
Where is Black’s PC shop located（ ）| You know my name is Li Lei. Look at the black car. It’s my father’s car. My father is hehind Ihc car. The woman in a blue coat is my mother. She is in the car. The girl in a red hat is my sister. She is in the car. too. Her name is Meimel. She has a cai. The cat is white. It’s in the car. I ts name is Mimi. It is very nice. |
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