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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455499403321

Autore

Taylor Ula Y

Titolo

The veiled Garvey [[electronic resource] ] : the life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey / / Ula Yvette Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2002

ISBN

0-8078-6229-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Gender & American culture

Disciplina

305.896/073/0092

B

Soggetti

African American women political activists

Political activists - United States

Feminists - United States

Women intellectuals - United States

Black nationalism - United States - History - 20th century

Pan-Africanism - History - 20th century

African American women - Political activity - History - 20th century

Feminism - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Formative Years, 1895–1917; 2. Amy Jacques and the UNIA; 3. I Only Live to Perpetuate the Ideas of My Husband; 4. Our Women and What They Think; 5. Back to Jamaica and Forward to Europe; 6. New Freedoms, New Constraints; 7. Single Motherhood; 8. A Decade of Unity; 9. The Fifth Pan-African Congress, 1945; 10. Essays and Literature for a Pan-African World; 11. Activism Closer to Home; 12. The Progressive Radical; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In this biography, Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the most important, if largely unsung, Pan-African freedom fighters of the 20th century: Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973).