• 1:57:34 - 2:03:01
64: We Are People 2
Miss Anne in Harlem and the White Women of the Black Renaissance
The discussion introduces Carla Kaplan's book, "Miss Anne in Harlem," which explores the role of white women in the Harlem Renaissance. The term "Miss Anne" was coined by black domestic workers to refer to their white female employers. These women were often "rule breakers" who sought to "volunteer for blackness" as a way to escape the restrictions of white middle-class womanhood in the 1920s.