Bury My Heart in a Free Land: Black Women Intellectuals in Modern U.S. History
byHettie V. Williams is lecturer of African American history in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University.
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Covering the history and contributions of black women intellectuals from the late 19th century to the present, this book highlights individuals who are often overlooked in the study of the American intellectual tradition.
• Represents a standout volume on the subject of black women intellectuals in modern U.S. history that covers figures from the late 19th century to the present• Includes well-known individuals, such as Ida B. Wells and Toni Morrison, as well as lesser-known black women intellectuals, such as Wanda Coleman
• Provides contributions from various experts in the field
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Table of Contents
Bury My Heart in a Free Land: Black Women Intellectuals in Modern U.S. History
Author(s): Hettie V. WilliamsContributors: Williams, Hettie;Abstract:Covering the history and contributions of black women intellectuals from the late 19th century to the present, this book highlights individuals who are often overlooked in the study of the American intellectual tradition.
• Represents a standout volume on the subject of black women intellectuals in modern U.S. history that covers figures from the late 19th century to the present• Includes well-known individuals, such as Ida B. Wells and Toni Morrison, as well as lesser-known black women intellectuals, such as Wanda Coleman
• Provides contributions from various experts in the field
Editor(s): Williams, Hettie;SortTitle: bury my heart in a free land: black women intellectuals in modern u.s. historyAuthor Info:Hettie V. WilliamseditorHettie V. Williams is lecturer of African American history in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University.
eISBN-13: 9781440835490Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440835490.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440835483Imprint: PraegerPages: 352Publication Date: 20171231- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Acknowledgments ix10
- Introduction: “Song of Her Possibilities”—Black Women’s Voices in the American Intellectual Tradition xi12
- Part I: Black Women Intellectuals in the 19th and 20th Centuries xv16
- Part II: Black Women Intellectuals in the New Negro Era xxiii24
- Part III: Black Women Intellectuals in the Civil Rights Black–Power Era xxv26
- Part IV: Black Women Intellectuals in the Post–Civil Rights Era xxvi27
- Part V: Black Women Intellectuals in the Public Square xxvii28
- Notes xxvii28
- Bibliography xxix30
- Part I: Black Women Intellectuals in the 19th and 20th Centuries 132
- Chapter 1. Black Women, Black Ink: The “Word” of Black Women Abolitionist Feminisms 334
- Chapter 2. “To Make Myself and My People Whole”: Ida B. Wells as a Public Intellectual 2758
- Chapter 3. A Presence and a Voice: Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin and the Black Women’s Club Movement 5990
- Ideological Differences within the NACW 6091
- Ruffin, Ridley, and the Woman’s Era 6293
- The Atlanta Exposition 6495
- Organic Intellectuals in the Woman’s Era Transforming the Public Sphere 6697
- Ideological Schisms after the Atlanta Exposition 70101
- Ruffin’s Continued Radical Discourse 72103
- Mary Church Terrell and the “Inward Focus” 74105
- Conclusion 75106
- Notes 77108
- Bibliography 79110
- Part II: Black Women Intellectuals in the New Negro Era 81112
- Part III: Black Women Intellectuals in the Civil Rights–Black Power Era 137168
- Chapter 7. “Sounding the Trumpet”: Anna Arnold Hedgeman and the Civil Rights Movement in the North 139170
- Anna Arnold Hedgeman’s Early Life 141172
- Racial Discrimination in the Segregated South 143174
- The YWCA 146177
- The New Negro Era and the Harlem YWCA 149180
- Public Policy and Intellectualism 152183
- The March on Washington Movement and Federal Employment Practices 155186
- Black Feminist Sensibilities 157188
- Conclusion 160191
- Notes 163194
- Bibliography 165196
- Chapter 8. Pauli Murray: The Life of an American Intellectual 167198
- Chapter 9. Wanda Coleman and Los Angeles: Reading Postmodern America from the Eye of the Cyclone 185216
- The Los Angeles Megalopolis in Perspective 185216
- LA and the Riots of the 1960s 187218
- Image and Media in the Work of Wanda Coleman 188219
- Coleman’s Struggle for Survival and Self-Development 189220
- The Mission of Rehumanization 192223
- The Los Angeles Riots of 1992 195226
- “LA Blues Woman” 198229
- Conclusion 199230
- Notes 201232
- Bibliography 203234
- Chapter 10. “Pro Black Women, Yet Anti No One”: Black Women Intellectuals and the National Alliance of Black Feminists 205236
- Part IV: Black Women Intellectuals in the Post–Civil Rights Era 227258
- Chapter 11. bell hooks: Resistance Writing Beyond the Academy 229260
- From Experience to Theory 230261
- Speaking to Multiple Audiences 231262
- The Concept of Postmodern Blackness 232263
- The Rhetoric of Resistance 234265
- Growing Up to Become a Feminist Writer 235266
- Black Feminist Consciousness 238269
- Black Masculinity, Race, and Racism 239270
- Spirituality and Love 240271
- Race and Pedagogy 241272
- Conclusion 241272
- Notes 242273
- Bibliography 243274
- Chapter 12. “At the Core of the Broken Fruit”: On Audre Lorde’s Self-Definitions and the Critical Deployment of the Dahomey/Yoruba Lore 245276
- Part V: Black Women Intellectuals in the Public Square 265296
- Chapter 13. She Who Could Never Be “Just” Anything: Toni Morrison, an American Intellectual 267298
- Toni Morrison’s Literary Influence 269300
- Morrison as an American Intellectual 270301
- Morrison’s Writings as a Conduit for her Intellectualism 273304
- Playing in the Dark 276307
- The Range and Depth of Morrison’s Influence 279310
- Conclusion 281312
- Acknowledgments 281312
- Notes 281312
- Bibliography 283314
- Chapter 14. African American Women in the Public Square: Admiral Michelle Howard 287318
- The History of Women in the Military 288319
- Women in the Military 289320
- Women and the Military in the World War II Era 290321
- Admiral Michelle Howard: Early Life and Military Career 293324
- The Rise of Admiral Michelle Howard 295326
- MV Maersk-Alabama Incident 296327
- Historic Promotion 297328
- Conclusion 299330
- Notes 300331
- Bibliography 303334
- About the Editor and Contributors 307338
- Index 311342