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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.
- African American feminists--United States--Biography.
- African American feminists.
- African American radicals--United States--Biography.
- African American radicals.
- African American women lawyers--United States--Biography.
- African American women lawyers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume examines the activism and theories of the black feminist lawyer Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy (1916-2000) by focusing specifically on her influence on the Black Power and feminist movements.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781469623924
- 1-4696-2511-30
- OCLC:
- 922581725
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