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Born December 12, 1943 • Saint Thomas • United States Virgin Islands
Died June 25, 2000 (aged 56) • Berkeley • California
Notable Works “Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers”
Subjects Of Study literary criticism • women’s rights movement • African American
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