Want to start a revolution? : radical women in the Black freedom struggle / / edited by Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, and Komozi Woodard

• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.1196/073
• Soggetto topico: African American women civil rights workers - History - 20th century; African American women political activists - History - 20th century; Women radicals - United States - History - 20th century; African American radicals - History - 20th century; African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century; Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century; Black power - United States - History - 20th century; Feminism - United States - History - 20th century; Communism - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History 20th century
• Altri autori: GoreDayo F TheoharisJeanne WoodardKomozi
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “No Small Amount of Change Could Do” -- 2 What “the Cause” Needs Is a “Brainy and Energetic Woman” -- 3 From Communist Politics to Black Power -- 4 Shirley Graham Du Bois -- 5 “A Life History of Being Rebellious” -- 6 Framing the Panther -- 7 Revolutionary Women, Revolutionary Education -- 8 Must Revolution Be a Family Affair? -- 9 Retraining the Heartworks -- 10 “Women’s Liberation or . . . Black Liberation, You’re Fighting the Same Enemies” -- 11 To Make That Someday Come -- 12 Denise Oliver and the Young Lords Party -- 13 Grassroots Leadership and Afro-Asian Solidarities -- 14 “We Do Whatever Becomes Necessary” -- About the Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The story of the black freedom struggle in America has been overwhelmingly male-centric, starring leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Huey Newton. With few exceptions, black women have been perceived as supporting actresses; as behind-the-scenes or peripheral activists, or rank and file party members. But what about Vicki Garvin, a Brooklyn-born activist who became a leader of the National Negro Labor Council and guide to Malcolm X on his travels through Africa? What about Shirley Chisholm, the first black Congresswoman?From Rosa Parks and Esther Cooper Jackson, to Shirley Graham DuBois and Assata Shakur, a host of women demonstrated a lifelong commitment to radical change, embracing multiple roles to sustain the movement, founding numerous groups and mentoring younger activists. Helping to create the groundwork and continuity for the movement by operating as local organizers, international mobilizers, and charismatic leaders, the stories of the women profiled in Want to Start a Revolution? help shatter the pervasive and imbalanced image of women on the sidelines of the black freedom struggle.Contributors: Margo Natalie Crawford, Prudence Cumberbatch, Johanna Fernández, Diane C. Fujino, Dayo F. Gore, Joshua Guild, Gerald Horne, Ericka Huggins, Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest, Joy James, Erik McDuffie, Premilla Nadasen, Sherie M. Randolph, James Smethurst, Margaret Stevens, and Jeanne Theoharis.
• Titolo autorizzato: Want to start a revolution
• ISBN: 0-8147-3312-3; 1-4416-3381-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822968903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II