SHINING THREAD OF HOPE, A(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women
have been a crucial part of America’s history. Now, the inspiring
history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by
two leaders in the fields of African American and women’s
history.
　　A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from
indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty
of antebellum plantations, from the reign of lynch law in the Jim
Crow South to the triumphs of the Civil Rights era, and it
illustrates how the story of black women in America is as much a
tale of courage and hope as it is a history of struggle. On both an
individual and a collective level, A Shining Thread of Hope reveals
the strength and spirit of black women and brings their stories
from the fringes of American history to a central position in our
understanding of the forces and events that have shaped this
country.

　　Darlene Clark Hine is John A. Hannah Professor of American
History at Michigan State University and the coeditor of Black
Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia.
　　Kathleen Thompson is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Black
Women.

　　A Shining Thread of Hope offers inspiration not just to
African American women but to all people struggling to overcome
injustice.  [It conveys] immense amounts of information in
graceful prose.
　　–New York Times Book Review
　　”Inspiring . . . this lively, well-written, and accessible
history celebrates the grit and grace that have helped black
American women survive and flourish.”
　　–USA Today
　　”Remarkably grounded in the complexities of the historical record
and of black women’s lives, A Shining Thread of Hope examines the
mythology of the American mainstream as well as demonstrates a
scrupulous appreciation of black women as a powerful but largely
unacknowledged force in American society.”
　　–Kirkus Reviews
　　”A welcome, easily accessible, encyclopedic antidote to the
prevailing stereotypes about black women.  .  . 
.  The history offered here is invaluable reading.”
　　–Washington Post Book World
　　”From time to time, a work of history itself makes history. 
A Shining Thread of Hope is such a book, marking a giant step in
the creation of a more encompassing portrait of our nation’s
past.”
　　–Nell Irvin Painter, The News & Observer — Review