Describe life for black women in 1950s mississippi

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One icon of 1950s 'womanhood' is June Cleaver from the Leave it To Beaver sitcom. June Cleaver was a middle-class white woman in heels and pearls, stay-at-home mom, providing dinner-on-the-table for her husband upon his return from work. Based on Anne's mother, Anne, and other women mentioned in the first half of the book, how would you describe life for black women in 1950s Mississippi?

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