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Description:Profiles of influential Black womenactivists at a historic momentThisvolume offers a panoramic view of Black feminist politics through the storiesof a remarkable cross section of Black women who attended the 1977 NationalWomen's Conference. Thesewomen advocated for civil and women's rights but also for accessibility, lesbians, sex workers, welfare recipients, laborers, and children.Thewomen featured in this book include icons Coretta Scott King and MichelleCearcy, a teenager who served as a torchbearer at the conference. Contributorsoffer insights into the lives of Gloria Scott, Dorothy Height, FreddieGroomes-McLendon, and Jeffalyn Johnson. The profiles include activistorganizers Georgia McMurray, Barbara Smith, Johnnie Tillmon, Addie Wyatt, andFlorynce Kennedy. The hard-won achievements of politicians are examined andcelebrated, including those of Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm, Maxine Waters, C.Delores Tucker, thefirst Black female secretary of state for Pennsylvania, and Yvonne Burke, oneof the first Black women elected to Congress and the first representative togive birth while serving. The final profiles cover Clara McClaughlin, reporterMelba Tolliver, and photojournalist Diana Mara Henry, who shared the details ofthe conference and the continual work being done by Black women with othersthrough various media channels. This book places the diversity of Black women'sexperiences and their leadership at the center of the history of the women'smovement.Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining theHumanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowmentfor the Humanities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with It's Our Movement Now: Black Women’s Politics and the 1977 National Women’s Conference. To get started finding It's Our Movement Now: Black Women’s Politics and the 1977 National Women’s Conference, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Profiles of influential Black womenactivists at a historic momentThisvolume offers a panoramic view of Black feminist politics through the storiesof a remarkable cross section of Black women who attended the 1977 NationalWomen's Conference. Thesewomen advocated for civil and women's rights but also for accessibility, lesbians, sex workers, welfare recipients, laborers, and children.Thewomen featured in this book include icons Coretta Scott King and MichelleCearcy, a teenager who served as a torchbearer at the conference. Contributorsoffer insights into the lives of Gloria Scott, Dorothy Height, FreddieGroomes-McLendon, and Jeffalyn Johnson. The profiles include activistorganizers Georgia McMurray, Barbara Smith, Johnnie Tillmon, Addie Wyatt, andFlorynce Kennedy. The hard-won achievements of politicians are examined andcelebrated, including those of Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm, Maxine Waters, C.Delores Tucker, thefirst Black female secretary of state for Pennsylvania, and Yvonne Burke, oneof the first Black women elected to Congress and the first representative togive birth while serving. The final profiles cover Clara McClaughlin, reporterMelba Tolliver, and photojournalist Diana Mara Henry, who shared the details ofthe conference and the continual work being done by Black women with othersthrough various media channels. This book places the diversity of Black women'sexperiences and their leadership at the center of the history of the women'smovement.Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining theHumanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowmentfor the Humanities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with It's Our Movement Now: Black Women’s Politics and the 1977 National Women’s Conference. To get started finding It's Our Movement Now: Black Women’s Politics and the 1977 National Women’s Conference, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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