The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America

This thought-provoking book "challenges stereotypical portrayals of black women and highlights the need for nuanced, complex characters" (USA Today).

When African women arrived on American shores, the three-headed hydra—servile Mammy, angry Sapphire, and lascivious Jezebel—followed close behind. These stereotypes persist to this day through newspaper headlines, Sunday sermons, social media memes, cable punditry, government policies, big screen portrayals, and hit song lyrics. Author Tamara W...