Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America

by Rebecca Carroll

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With raw candor, elicited by Rebecca Carroll's perceptive questioning, 15 black women between the ages of 11 and 18, from places as diverse as Brooklyn and Seattle, Alabama and Vermont, speak out about their inner and outer lives. What they say about identity, self-esteem, the role of race in their perceptions and treatment, personal values, and their hopes for the future is both enlightening and moving. 144 pp. National pubilcity. 15,000 print.

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Shange, Ntozake (Foreword)

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Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America

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Nonfiction, Teen, Young Adult
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305.235Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial group - Age, Gender, EthnicityAge groupsYoung people up to 20Adolescents
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E185.86 .S84History of the United StatesUnited StatesElements in the populationAfro-AmericansStatus and development since emancipation
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