The growth of the womanâs movement, and its impact on the consciousness of African-American women in particular, helped fuel a âblack womenâs literary renaissanceâ of the 1970s, beginning in earnest with the publication of âThe Bluest Eyeâ (1970), by Toni Morrison.
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