Contending Forces
Pauline E. Hopkins, 1897
A vital look at the complex realities of life for African Americans at the turn of the century, exploring the tension between oppression and ambition.
Pauline E. Hopkins
1859–1930
Hopkins was an author and activist who helped bring the struggles and intelligence of her Black characters to the mainstream literature of the era.
Feels like defiance, curiosity and freedom.
The irony of seeking justice while perpetuating deep systemic violence.
“Lynching was instituted to crush the manhood of the enfranchised black. Rape is the crime which appeals most strongly to the heart, of the home life. Merciful God! Irony of ironies! The men who created the mulatto race, who recruit its ranks year after year by the very means which they invoked lynch law to suppress, bewailing the sorrows of violated womanhood! Books by Pauline E. Hopkins
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