Black women taught us : an intimate history of Black feminism / Jenn M. Jackson, PhD.

"Jenn M. Jackson has been known to bring deep historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work: Why has Black women's freedom fighting been so overlooked...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Jenn M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African American women political activists > History.
African American feminists > History.
African American women > Political activity > History.
African American women > Social conditions.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
Jackson, Jenn M.
Femmes activistes noires américaines > Histoire.
Féministes noires américaines > Histoire.
Noires américaines > Activité politique > Histoire.
Noires américaines > Conditions sociales.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Genre:
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Physical Description:xxii, 342 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Harriet Jacobs taught me about freedom
  • Ida B. Wells taught me about radical truth telling
  • Zora Neale Hurston taught me about the reclamation of our labor
  • Ella Baker taught me why we should listen to young people
  • Fannie Lou Hamer taught me to be (un)respectable
  • Shirley Chisholm taught me to hold whiteness accountable
  • Toni Morrison taught me that Black women are powerful
  • The Combahee River collective taught me about identity politics
  • Audre Lorde taught me about solidarity as self-care
  • Angela Davis taught me to be an anti-racist abolitionist
  • Bell Hooks taught me how to love expansively.