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Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around : forty years of movement building with Barbara Smith / edited by Alethia Jones and Virginia Eubanks ; with Barbara Smith.
Van Pelt Library JC599.U6 S653 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in new political science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, Barbara, 1946-.
- Smith, Barbara.
- Smith, Barbara, 1946---Interviews.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- United States.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- 40 years of movement building with Barbara Smith
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "'Not a memoir, a biography, nor a reader. It is a reflection and a conversation. It is also a montage of forty years of documents, interviews and articles that provide useful lessons for social justice work' ... As an organizer, writer, publisher, scholar-activist and elected official, Barbara Smith has played key roles in multiple social justice movements, including Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism. Her four decades of grassroots activism forged collaborations that introduced the idea that oppression must be fought on a variety of fronts simultaneously, including gender, race, class and sexuality. By combining ... historical documents with new unpublished interviews with fellow activists, this book uncovers the deep roots of today's 'identity politics' and 'intersectionality' and serves as an essential primer for practising solidarity and resistance"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Chronicling an activist life
- Home grown : early roots of activism
- Building Black feminism
- Building Black women's studies
- Building Kitchen Table Press
- Building multi-issue movements
- Building progressive urban politics
- "Took Root, Bore Fruit" : legacies and futures of a Black feminist life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-305) and index.
- Lambda Literary Awards - Lesbian Memoir/Biography, Winner, 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781438451145
- 1438451148
- 9781438451152
- 1438451156
- OCLC:
- 879601227
- Publisher Number:
- 99960400162
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