Florynce "Flo" Kennedy : the life of a black feminist radical / Sherie M. Randolph.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Randolph, Sherie M., author.

Series:

Gender & American culture

Gender and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000.

Kennedy, Florynce.

African American women lawyers--United States--Biography.

African American women lawyers.

African American radicals--United States--Biography.

African American radicals.

African American feminists--United States--Biography.

African American feminists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 313 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

Contents:

Political in the sense that we never took any shit : family and the roots of black feminist radicalism, 1916-1942

Similarities of the societal position of women and Negroes : education and protest in New York City, 1943-1948

All men and Flo: struggling to survive as an attorney, 1948-1960

The fight is one that must be continued : in the courtroom, in the press, and in political organizations, 1961-1965

Black power may be the only hope America has : black power, feminism, and the new left, 1966-1967

Absorbed her wisdom and her wit : creating the women's liberation movement, 1967-1968

I was the force of them : leading the women's liberation movement, 1968

Not to rely completely on the courts : black feminist leadership in the reproductive rights battles, 1969-1971

Form it! call a meeting! : building a black feminist movement, 1971-1980

Epilogue: until we catch up : the struggle continues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469623917

1469623919

OCLC:

905419540