When and where I enter

Description

This book is a testimonial to the profound influence of African-American women on race and women's movements throughout American history. Drawing on speeches, diaries, letters, and other original documents, the author portrays how black women have transcended racist and sexist attitudes - often confronting white feminists and black male leaders alike - to initiate social and political reform. From the open disregard for the rights of slave women to examples of today's more covert racism and sexism in civil rights and women'sorganizations, the author illuminates the black woman's crusade for equality. In the process, she paints portraits of black female leaders, such as anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, educator and FDR adviser Mary McLeod Bethune, and the heroic civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, who fought both overt and institutionalized oppression.

First Sentence

Before they took his life, they asked Thomas Moss if he had anything to say.

Excerpt

Before they took his life, they asked Thomas Moss if he had anything to say.

Subjects

Other Editions

• When and where I enter: the impact of Black women on race and sex in AmericaW. Morrow1984-01-01
• When and where I enterBantam Books1985-01-01
• When and where I enterBantam Books1985-01-01
• When and where I enterBantam Books1988-01-01
• When and where I enterBantam Books1988-01-01
• When and Where I EnterPaperbackBantam1988-01-01