Its Our Movement Now: Black Womens Politics and the 1977 National Womens Conference Lovett Laura L.
Its Our Movement Now: Black Womens Politics and the 1977 National Womens Conference Lovett Laura L. Profiles of influential Black women activists at a historic momentThis volume offers a panoramic…
Specifikacia Its Our Movement Now: Black Womens Politics and the 1977 National Womens Conference Lovett Laura L.
Its Our Movement Now: Black Womens Politics and the 1977 National Womens Conference Lovett Laura L.
Profiles of influential Black women activists at a historic momentThis volume offers a panoramic view of Black feminist politics through the stories of a remarkable cross section of Black women who attended the 1977 NationalWomen's Conference. Contributors offer insights into the lives of Gloria Scott, Dorothy Height, FreddieGroomes-McLendon, and Jeffalyn Johnson. These women advocated for civil and women's rights but also for accessibility, lesbians, sex workers, welfare recipients, laborers, and children.The women featured in this book include icons Coretta Scott King and MichelleCearcy, a teenager who served as a torchbearer at the conference.
The hard-won achievements of The profiles include activist organizers Georgia McMurray, Barbara Smith, Johnnie Tillmon, Addie Wyatt, andFlorynce Kennedy.