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Word: liftin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...executive director of the National Council of Negro Women, "abortion is genocidal, a method of limiting the black population. Muslim groups, for instance, say that the role of the black woman is to produce warriors for the revolution." Of the Equal Rights Amendment, Noble says, "I call it the liftin' and totin' bill. More than half of the black women with jobs work in service occupations; if the amendment becomes law, we will be the ones liftin' and totin', so passage of ERA is not our first priority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Blacks v. Feminists | 3/26/1973 | See Source »

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