LaShawn Harris Quotes & Sayings

Some women were appointed to labor positions normally held by men and became trusted confidantes of male numbers bankers, using this affiliation with prominent policy men to thrive in male-dominated arenas. — LaShawn Harris

Games of chance fell outside the boundaries of urban reformers' definitions of respectable labor and amusement — LaShawn Harris

Black New Yorkers' distressing personal accounts of poverty and unemployment, inadequate housing, white supremacy and state-sanctioned violence politicized St. Clair, leading her to become one of New York's staunchest yet most unlikely voices against urban inequity. — LaShawn Harris

I had to live, had no money, and therefore resorted to commercial prostitution.' Smith was introduced to the urban sex trade by a middle-aged black woman who seemed genuinely concerned for her well-being. — LaShawn Harris