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From the Publisher
"Stormy Weather inaugurates a discussion of intimate life among African Americans that is sure to be lively and productive."
-H-Net Reviews
"Curwood has initiated a virtually unprecedented conversation on the history of marriage among African Americans. . . .A must read. Essential. All levels/libraries."
-Choice
"Recommended for academic libraries and public and special libraries with large African American history collections."
-Tennessee Libraries
"[Curwood] is able to recreate the dynamics of a vibrant community of middle-class and elite African Americans who worked toward upward mobility even as they worked out intraracial issues of skin color and class. . . . [Its] clear and concise writing style as well as its lack of jargon makes it an accessible read."
-Southern Historian
"A very good book and well worth reading."
-Journal of Southern History
Overview
The so-called New Negroes of the period between World Wars I and II embodied a new sense of racial pride and upward mobility for the race. Many of them thought that relationships between spouses could be a crucial factor in realizing this dream. But there was little agreement about how spousal relationships should actually function in an ideal New Negro marriage. Shedding light on an often-overlooked aspect of African American social history, Anastasia Curwood explores the public and private negotiations over ...