Full title: 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.

Author/creator: Lovett, Laura L, Daniel, Rachel Jessica, Giles, Kelly N.

Call Numbers: G 2022/3383

Record Identifier: 74VKaQ3bdB7A

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, , , , Introduction: Beyond the minority plank / Laura L. Lovett, Rachel Jessica Daniel, and Kelly N. Giles -- Part I. Symbols of sisterhood -- Coretta Scott King: icon as activist / Rachel Jessica Daniel -- Michelle Cearcy: carrying the "torch of equality / Amira Rose Davis -- Part II. Sisters in action -- Dr. Gloria Dean Rundle Scott: raising the gavel with hope for all women / Janine Fondon -- Human rights on the homefront: Dorothy Height and spirit of Houston / Julie A. Gallagher -- "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 / Johanna M. Ortner -- "Each one teach one": Dr. Jeffalyn Johnson on the power of community, representation, and education / Lindsay Amaral -- Part III. Activist organizers -- Florynce Kennedy: a radical voice / Kirsten Leng -- Bringing depth to the movement: race, gender, and (dis)ability in the life of Georgia McMurray / Crystal Lynn Webster -- Beyond Combahee: Barbara Smith and black radical feminism / Julie de Chantal -- Johnnie Tillmon: welfare as a women's issue / Laura L. Lovett -- Addie Wyatt: bridging social movements / Marcia Walker-McWilliams -- Part IV. The politicians -- Barbara Jordan: conveying the charge and the challenge / Camesha Scruggs -- Beyond the symbolism: Shirley Chisholm, black feminism, and women's politics / Zinga A. Fraser -- C. Delores Tucker: delegate-at-large / Sabina Peck -- "I was me": Yvonne Burke and the politics of representation / Sarah B. Rowley -- Maxine Waters: "I stood with Coretta Scott King" / Carlyn Ferrari -- Part V. Communicating change -- Clara McLaughlin: "I don't want ON, I want O-W-N" / Destiney Linker -- An everyday anchorwoman / Melba Tolliver -- Sharing a precious gift: photographing the National Women's Conference / Diana Mara Henry.

Publishers: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2022]

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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