Biography of elizabeth johnson harris

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        3. Harris, Elizabeth Johnson ___ ___ American ___ n/a.
        4. The Jim Crow era is often referred to as the "nadir" of African American life.
        5. 1From to the late s, the conditions of freedom and the national gendered and racial context forced African American women to rethink what it meant to.

          6. Harris, Elizabeth Johnson ___ ___ American ___ n/a....

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          • African American Newspapers, 1827-1998This link opens in a new window
            Broad coverage of African American history, culture, and daily life.

            Newspapers from over 35 states. Coverage: 1827-1998.

          • Race & Place: An African American Community in the Jim Crow South
            An archive of papers, letters, and photographs primarily focusing on Charlottesville, VA during the Jim Crow era.

            "The project intends to connect race with place by understanding what it was like to live, work, pray, learn and play in the segregated South."

          • Elizabeth Johnson Harris Memoir
            "85-page handwritten memoir supplemented with photographs and clippings documenting the personal and family history of poet and writer Elizabeth Johnson Harris of Augusta, GA, daughter of formerly enslaved parents.

            It includes her reflections on race relations, the place of African-Americans in society, as well as the importance of religion, education, and music in her life."