In Claudia Jones’ “An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman!” Jones points out that historically black women undertook the “responsibility for defending and nurturing the Negro family” (???). As a result, black women not only had to properly raise their children, but they also had to protect their children from the cruelty of Jim Crow, lynch terror, and police brutality. However, the white media portrayed black women “as a traditional “mammy” who put the care of children and families of others above her own” rather than as caretakers of the black family (318). People assumed the idea that black mothers sacrificed their own security and happiness for the security and happiness of the white family. As a result, many black leaders
