Want to Start a Revolution? : : Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle / / ed. by Jeanne Theoharis, Dayo F. Gore, Komozi Woodard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Crawford, Margo Natalie,; Cumberbatch, Prudence,; Fernández, Johanna,; Fujino, Diane C.,; Gore, Dayo F.,; Guild, Joshua,; Horne, Gerald,; Huggins, Ericka,; James, Joy,; LeBlanc-Ernest, Angela D.,; McDuffie, Erik S.,; Nadasen, Premilla,; Randolph, Sherie M.,; Smethurst, James,; Stevens, Margaret,; Theoharis, Jeanne,; Woodard, Komozi,
• HerausgeberIn: Gore, Dayo F.,; Theoharis, Jeanne,; Woodard, Komozi,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Uncovers the often overlooked stories of the women who shaped the black freedom struggleThe story of the black freedom struggle in America has been overwhelmingly male-centric, starring leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Huey Newton. With few exceptions, black women have been perce...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 “No Small Amount of Change Could Do”
• 2 What “the Cause” Needs Is a “Brainy and Energetic Woman”
• 3 From Communist Politics to Black Power
• 4 Shirley Graham Du Bois
• 5 “A Life History of Being Rebellious”
• 6 Framing the Panther
• 7 Revolutionary Women, Revolutionary Education
• 8 Must Revolution Be a Family Affair?
• 9 Retraining the Heartworks
• 10 “Women’s Liberation or . . . Black Liberation, You’re Fighting the Same Enemies”
• 11 To Make That Someday Come
• 12 Denise Oliver and the Young Lords Party
• 13 Grassroots Leadership and Afro-Asian Solidarities
• 14 “We Do Whatever Becomes Necessary”
• About the Contributors
• Index