What is it about?
In seeking freedom and/or power African American men have also sought to be men; in other words to meet the expectations of gender in western society that often mean that men should provide, protect and control women.
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Why is it important?
It shows how gender complicates the racial struggle.
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This page is a summary of: Be a Man, My Son, Reviews in American History, January 2005, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/rah.2005.0072.
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