It's our movement now : Black women's politics and the 1977 National Women's Conference / edited by Laura L. Lovett, Rachel Jessica Daniel, and Kelly N. Giles ; featuring the photographs of Diana Mara Henry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lovett, Laura L., editor.

Daniel, Rachel Jessica, editor.

Giles, Kelly N., editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Women's Conference (U.S.) (1977 : Houston, Tex.).

National Women's Conference (U.S.).

African American women social reformers--History--20th century.

African American women social reformers.

African American women--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American women.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2022]

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Beyond the Minority Plank

Part I. Symbols of Sisterhood

1. Coretta Scott King: Icon as Activist

2. Michelle Cearcy: Carrying the "Torch of Equality"

Part II. Sisters in Action

3. Dr. Gloria Dean Randle Scott: Raising the Gavel with Hope for All Women

4. Human Rights on the Homefront: Dorothy Height and Spirit of Houston

5. "I hope we won't turn our backs on the masses of women in Florida": Dr. Freddie Groomes-McLendon, the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, and the Struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment

6. "Each One Teach One": Dr. Jeffalyn Johnson on the Power of Community, Representation, and Education

Part III. Activist Organizers

7. Florynce Kennedy: A Radical Voice

8. Bringing Depth to the Movement: Race, Gender, and (Dis)Ability in the Life of Georgia McMurray

9. Beyond Combahee: Barbara Smith and Black Radical Feminism

10. Johnnie Tillmon: Welfare as a Women's Issue

11. Addie Wyatt: Bridging Social Movements

Part IV. The Politicians

12. Barbara Jordan: Conveying the Charge and the Challenge

13. Beyond the Symbolism: Shirley Chisholm, Black Feminism, and Women's Politics

14. C. Delores Tucker: Delegate-at-Large

15. "I Was Me": Yvonne Burke and the Politics of Representation

16. Maxine Waters: "I stood with Coretta Scott King"

Part V. Communicating Change

17. Clara McLaughlin: "I don't want ON, I want O-W-N"

18. An Everyday Anchorwoman

19. Sharing a Precious Gift: Photographing the National Women's Conference

List of Contributors

Index

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D

E

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Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2022).

ISBN:

9780813070230

0813070236

Publisher Number:

40031469638

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.